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Jai-Alai: The Fastest Game

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Year

1978

Video Details

20:25; color; sound; V-59 CA066; S. 828

Description

This film has an introduction by Pat McCann, Executive Director of the National Association of Jai-Alai Frontons. This film has lovely photography of the Basque region of Spain and France and tells how jai-alai is a way out of the traditional life. It tells about the origin of the sport, the making of the basket (cesta) and the ball (pelota), and how the game is played. The first US game was played in Miami in 1926. Produced by Tel-Air Interests.

Contributors

Tel-Air Interests

Corporate Subject

National Association of Jai-Alai Frontons

Geographic Subject

France
Miami
Spain

Personal Subject

McCann, Pat

Subject

Gambling-Florida
Jai-alai
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Title

Jai-Alai: The Fastest Game

Subject

Gambling-Florida

Jai-alai

Promotional films

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Date

1978

Contributor

Tel-Air Interests

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Color

color

Video Details

20:25; color; sound; V-59 CA066; S. 828

Video Filename

ca066.mp4

YouTube ID

JLPYovtbIYA

Geographic Term

France

Miami (Fla.)

Spain

Subject - Person

McCann, Pat

Subject - Corporate

National Association of Jai-Alai Frontons

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A history and overview of Jai-Alai in the Basque Region and the U.S.A...

Video Time

20:25

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Jai-Alai: The Fastest Game. 1978. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/253272>, accessed 15 November 2024.

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Jai-Alai: The Fastest Game. 1978. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/253272>

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