Tennis match at St Lawrence Hall, Isle of Wight

From the collection of

Wessex Film and Sound Archive
Wessex Film and Sound Archive is based in Winchester. Providing the opportunity to see and hear history, the archive contains nearly 40,000 film, video and sound recordings relating to Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, ranging from late Victorian times to the present day. It includes both amateur and professional material, local newsreels, military and maritime subjects, as well as footage produced by individuals, businesses and organisations.

Tennis match at St Lawrence Hall, Isle of Wight


This fascinating short film starts with members of Lord Jellicoe's family, and their visiting friends, posing and mugging for the camera prior to a game of tennis. Even while the game is being played, the shingle-haired ladies continue to lark about for the benefit of the camera. We next see a young man in a fur coat and wrapped in blankets sipping a drink before the film ends by showing Lord Jellicoe himself resting in bed after an illness.


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