Sports: Table Tennis Competition
Sports: Table Tennis Competition
Clip: 498878_1_1
Year Shot: 1960
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1669
Original Film: 033-022
HD: N/A
Location: Washington, D.C.
Timecode: 00:37:41 - 00:39:13
Sports: Table Tennis Competition Audience watches men's doubles table tennis competition. VO praises one man's "blasting power" and he does whack the ball hard. But boy... in terms of external appearance, he looks like the stereotypical nerd, complete with dark-rimmed eyeglasses. Match point; man hits into the net, the other team of men celebrate their ping pong victory. People applauding - small crowd, many men in suit jackets but no ties - one African American man among them - could be generic audience, c.1960. Now the singles match, with a kill for the win! Men gather round to shake the winner's hand. (This cataloguer found this story pretty humorous...)