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THE WIMBLEDON ARCHIVE |
| The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, which is responsible for staging The Championships, Wimbledon, is a private club founded in 1868 as The All England Croquet Club. The first meeting of The Lawn Tennis Championships in 1877 enjoyed a garden party atmosphere, and attracted a few hundred spectators. Situated in Church Road since 1922, Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam tennis event still held on grass and attracts the top tennis players from around the world. | |
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INTRODUCTION
The Championship fortnight is the pinnacle of the grass court season, held annually six weeks before the first Monday in August. The main draw consists of Mens Singles, Ladies' Singles, Mens Doubles, Ladies' Doubles and Mixed Doubles in addition to the Junior, Senior Invitationals and Wheelchair events.
The Wimbledon Archive has built up an extensive collection of match footage, programming, interviews and behind the scenes coverage ranging from black & white to colour and High Definition. The Wimbledon Archive inventory dates back to 1900 and includes an impressive catalogue of restored footage from The Championships.
The Wimbledon Archive collection features many tennis legends including unique footage of the Doherty Brothers and great pre-war Champions such as Fred Perry, Rene Lacoste, Don Budge, Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Wills Moody. Directly after the Second World War, The Championships were dominated by the Americans and Australians. The outstanding players among an array of Champions were Tony Trabert, Lew Hoad, Rod Laver, Louise Brough, Maureen Connolly, Althea Gibson and Billie Jean King.
With the modern era came the emergence of such all time tennis greats as Bjorn Borg, Martina Navratilova, John McEnroe, Steffi Graf, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Andre Agassi, Venus and Serena Williams, Pete Sampras, Maria Sharapova and Roger Federer - all of whom are encompassed in this exclusive Wimbledon Archive collection.
FOOTAGE COLLECTION
The Wimbledon Archive is the stunning collection of The Championships consisting of over 7,500 hours of footage and programming dating from 1900 to the present day, increasing by more than 500 hours each year.
Match Footage
Over 3,500 long-form matches from 1959 to present. Additional extended match footage dating back to 1952.
Restored Footage
There is a wide range of Newsreel footage dating from 1900 to 1980, totalling more than 16 hours, all of which has been professionally restored.
High Definition (HD) Footage
- All matches played on Centre Court and Court One from 2006 to present.
Approx. 100 hours of footage.
- Remarkable colour footage from the 1950s, featuring the great Champions of the time.
Approx. 30 minutes of footage.
Interview and General View footage
Away from the courts The Wimbledon Archive holds contemporary and historical footage from general views of the famous All England Lawn Tennis Club grounds, to player interviews with your favourite Champion.
Approx. 30 hours of footage.
PROGRAMMING
Short Form Programming
- More than 170 Golden Moments available; edited vignettes of the most famous moments from The Championships, ranging from the years 1978 to 2003.
Durations vary from 30 to 60 seconds each.
- 9 Super Golden Moments; enriched vignettes summarising the very best action from classic Championships Finals including player interviews and fully restored material.
Durations vary from 2½ to 3 minutes each.
- Edited behind the scenes programming available including the historic “Way to Wimbledon” which recounts the preparations needed in order to stage The Championships.
Approx. 30 minutes of footage.
Long Form Programming
- Over 30 hours of annual Official Films from 1968 to present day, with HD versions available for selected years. Durations vary from 26 to 52 minutes.
- Over 20 hours of edited Classic Matches. 9 matches varying from 52 to 240 minutes.
- Over 180 hours of Daily Highlights from 1990 to present day. Durations vary from 26 to 52 minutes.
- More than 30 documentaries. Durations vary from 26 to 52 minutes.
- The Wimbledon Archive also holds the compelling documentary series "Wimbledon: A History Of The Championships", a four-part series featuring interviews with former and current players, newly restored newsreel and archive material. All programmes are 52 minutes each and cleared with English commentary and international sound.
| Programme 1 | ‘Dare to Dream’ | |
| Programme 2 | ‘The Glory Years’ | |
| Programme 3 | ‘Coming of Age’ | |
| Programme 4 | ‘More than a Game’ |
Below is the full list of Wimbledon Archive Programming:
| Classic Matches | Production | Duration |
| Borg v McEnroe 1980 (Short version) | 1994 | 00:52:57 |
| Borg v Gerulaitis 1977 (Short version) | 1995 | 00:52:43 |
| Smith v Nastase 1972 | 1996 | 00:52:09 |
| Borg v Gerulaitis 1977 (Long version) | 1997 | 02:56:50 |
| Borg v McEnroe 1981 | 1997 | 03:21:56 |
| Ashe v Connors 1975 | 1998 | 01:59:50 |
| Evert v Navratilova 1978 | 1999 | 01:53:51 |
| Borg v McEnroe 1980 (Long version) | 2000 | 04:02:43 |
| Graf v Novotna 1993 | 2001 | 02:21:50 |
| Ivanisevic v Rafter 2001 | 2001 | 03:15:10 |
| Agassi v Rafter 2000 | 2003 | 03:21:00 |
| Player-specific Documentaries | Production | Duration |
| Chris Evert's Wimbledon Farewell | 1989 | 00:53:04 |
| Stefan Edberg: Farewell to a Champion | 1997 | 00:52:14 |
| Legends of Wimbledon - John McEnroe | 1998 | 00:52:20 |
| Legends of Wimbledon - Billie Jean King | 1999 | 00:51:45 |
| Legends of Wimbledon - Bjorn Borg | 2004 | 00:52:00 |
| Legends of Wimbledon - Pete Sampras | 2006 | 00:52:26 |
| Documentaries | Production | Duration |
| The Great English Garden Party | 1988 | 00:47:18 |
| Decade of Wimbledon: The Eighties | 1989 | 00:52:11 |
| History & Highlights - The One to Win | 1989 | 00:59:37 |
| Decade of Wimbledon: The Seventies | 1991 | 01:01:07 |
| Rise of German Tennis | 1991 | 00:26:41 |
| Serve & Volley | 1991 | 00:26:09 |
| The Australian Dynasty | 1991 | 00:26:00 |
| The Other 50 Weeks | 1991 | 00:24:08 |
| The Baseline Game | 1992 | 00:26:09 |
| Wimbledon - Next Generation | 1992 | 00:27:40 |
| 25 Years of Open Tennis | 1993 | 00:26:00 |
| Double Cream | 1993 | 00:25:54 |
| The One to Win (Updated Version) | 1994 | 01:00:35 |
| If | 1995 | 00:52:00 |
| Classic Rallies | 1996 | 00:52:33 |
| The Lighter Side | 1997 | 00:51:12 |
| A Fashion Statement | 1999 | 00:52:00 |
| World of Wimbledon | 1999 | 00:51:59 |
| Against the Odds | 2000 | 00:51:50 |
| Decade of Wimbledon: The Nineties | 2000 | 00:52:06 |
| A History of the Championships: Dare to Dream 1 of 4 | 2001 | 00:52:00 |
| A History of the Championships: The Glory Years 2 of 4 | 2001 | 00:52:00 |
| A History of the Championships: Coming of Age 3 of 4 | 2001 | 00:52:00 |
| A History of the Championships: More Than a Game 4 of 4 | 2001 | 00:52:00 |
| Double The Fun | 2002 | 00:52:57 |
| Great Wimbledon Rivalries | 2003 | 00:52:00 |
| Wimbledon Record Breakers | 2005 | 00:52:37 |
| Golden Moments | Production | Duration |
| 9 x 2.5 to 3 min Super Golden Moments | 2007 | 00:25:56 |
| 176 x 60 sec Golden Moments | Various | 02:56:00 |
| 25 x 30 sec Golden Moments | Various | 00:12:00 |
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