- Title: VM-384
- Summary: THE KEYSTONE OF GOLF: PRESENTS THE GAME OF GOLF. SHOWING SOME COMMON FAULTS AND GOLF TIPS. WITH ROBERT JONES, JR., HORTON SMITH, HARRY COOPER, LAWSON LITTLE, JIMMY THOMSON. FILMED AT THE LONG MEADOW COUNTRY CLUB, SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS. SLOW MOTION GOLF SWINGS
- Description:00:21:10 - HORTON SMITH PUTTING SHOWN. LINES PUTTER SQUARE TO THE LINE OF THE PUTT. 1930s GOLF FASHIONS. SMOOTH STROKE. 00:22:13 - BOBBY JONES, JR., HORTON SMITH, HARRY COOPER, LAWSON LITTLE AND JIMMY THOMSON IN SUITS AROUND A TABLE 00:22:42 - ROBERT JONES, JR. ? ILLUSTRATES THE WAY A BEGINNER MAKES THE MISTAKE OF PICKING UP THE GOLF CLUB WITH HANDS AND ARMS FORGETTING THE IMPORTANT TURN OF THE HIP 00:22:55 - LAWSON LITTLE SHOWS PROPER SWING. SLOW MOTION 00:23:09 - JIMMY THOMSON SWINGS IN A BROAD ARC. SLOW MOTION 00:23:22 - ROBERT JONES, JR. ? ILLUSTRATES ANOTHER COMMON FAULT, THROWING THE CLUB WITH HANDS WITH THE TOP OF THE SWING 00:23:45 - JIMMY THOMSON'S METHOD SHOWN, HIPS WITH THE TOP OF THE SWING SLOW MOTION 00:24:08 - LAWSON LITTLE SWINGS AT GOLF BALL, DOWNWARD MOVEMENT RIGHT SIDE STAYS DOWN UNTIL HE HAS STRUCK THE BALL. SLOW MOTION 00:24:28 - LITTLE PLAYS A SHOT SWINGS AT GOLF BALL 00:24:45 - ROBERT JONES JR. ? SHOWS INCORRECT HANDLING OF THE WEIGHT OF THE BODY GOING BACK, LEAVING TOO MUCH WEIGHT ON LEFT FOOT, SWINGS THROUGH, FALLS AWAY FROM THE BALL. 00:25:04 - JIMMY THOMSON SHOWS CORRECT WAY TO SWING GOLF CLUB BALANCING HIS WEIGHT. SLOW MOTION. 00:25:22 - LAWSON LITTLE HITS GOLF BALL IN SLOW MOTION CORRECT WEIGHT BALANCE 00:25:36 - ROBERT JONES JR. ? ILLUSTRATES SWING WITH STIFF ARMS 00:25:53 - HORTON SMITH SLOW MOTION SHORT SHOT LANDS NEAR 3RD HOLE FLAG. 00:26:28 - ??? ILLUSTRATES COMMON MISTAKE WHEN PITCHING TO A CLOSELY GUARDED GREEN, LOBBING THE BALL INTO THE AIR, BACKSPIN SHOT MUST BE HIT DOWN 00:26:42 - LAWSON LITTLE ILLUSTRATES PROPER DOWNWARD SWING. SLOW MOTION. BACKSPIN SHOT 00:27:13 - JIMMY THOMSON PLAYING DOWNHILL SLOPE, SHOT MUST BE HIT DOWN SLOW MOTION 00:27:41 - JONES ? TALKS ABOUT JUDGEMENT ON THE GREEN, SAVES IMPORTANT STROKES 00:27:56 - THOMSON PLAYS A BALL LYING CLEANLY ON SAND. SLOW MOTION BACKSPIN SHOT RIGHT TO THE FLAG 00:28:08 - GOLFER IN SAND PIT. LAWSON LITTLE. GOLF BALL LANDS NEAR FLAG 00:28:29 - SLOW MOTION OF SAME SHOT. SAND FLYING 00:28:46 - GOLFER ON THE FAIRWAY. LITTLE PLAYS A STRAIGHT FORWARD PITCH AND RUN. 00:29:01 - LAWSON LITTLE ILLUSTRATES A DRAGGING BACKSPIN 00:29:16 - HORTON SMITH ILLUSTRATES PUTTS ACROSS A SLOPING GREEN GOLF BALL GOES INTO HOLE. 00:29:41 - SLOW MOTION LAWSON LITTLE PUTTING. 00:30:02 - HORTON SMITH PUTTING BALL, GOES INTO THE HOLE 00:30:29 - CU HANDS ON GOLF CLUB. PROPER GOLF GRIP. JIMMY THOMSON. CLUB TOUCHES PALM OF THE HAND BUT HELD MAINLY BY THE FINGERS. LEFT HAND PARTLY OVER THE SHAFT, RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE SIDE. OVERLAPPING GRIP 00:30:50 - CU LAWSON LITTLE'S GRIP SHOWN. OVERLAPPING GRIP 00:31:13 - SLOW MOTION, LITTLE GOLFING OFF THE TEE. SHOWS GOOD FORM 00:31:35 - JIMMY THOMSON GOLFING OFF THE TEE. SHOWS GOOD FORM 00:31:53 - GOLF CADDIES CARRYING GOLF CLUBS 00:31:56 - MONTAGE PEOPLE GOLFING. TWO PRE-TEEN BOYS GOLFING. OLD MAN GOLFING. 00:32:09 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1930
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: VM-384