Top spin and back spin strokes

United Kingdom, 1973

Film
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Episode number 2 of Series “Table tennis”
Part 2 of a series of four films which show that table tennis is a very competitive sport played throughout the world by people of all ages. The game is built around attacking and defensive strokes. Some of these strokes are demonstrated like: topspin; forehand drive; backhand drive; backspin, forehand chop and backhand chop.

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Credits

director

Don Kelly

producer

Richard Hackett

production company

Gerard Holdsworth Productions

Duration

00:13:03:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1973

Appears in

Table tennis

Group of items

Table tennis

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

010535

Language

English

Subject categories

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Sports

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Sports - Great Britain

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Table tennis

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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