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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
Corporate Subject
Personal Subject
Title
Jai-Alai: The Fastest Game
Subject
Gambling-Florida
Jai-alai
Promotional films
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.
Date
1978
Contributor
Tel-Air Interests
Image URL
/fpc/memory/PhotographicCollection/video/ca066.jpg
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
Video Snippet
A history and overview of Jai-Alai in the Basque Region and the U.S.A...
Video Time
20:25
Video Category
8
Thumbnail
/fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/ca066.jpg
Digitized
true
Chicago Manual of Style
Jai-Alai: The Fastest Game. 1978. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/253272>, accessed 26 December 2024.
MLA
Jai-Alai: The Fastest Game. 1978. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/253272>