Road Bowling

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

141

Date Released

9 Sep 1957

Date recorded

2 Aug 1957

Length of issue (in feet)

757

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Watersmeet
2. 2Road Bowling
3. 3Richard Hearne at Home
4. 4Army Cyclists

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

Pathe synopsis -The ancient Irish game of road bowling continues - in spite of a two-centuries-old British law prohibiting it as "a dangerous and revolutionary game". Heavy bets are placed on the individual competitors who pitch the bowls over a course of two or three miles. The winner is the one with the least number of throws over the distsance. Easy?...not when the "bowl" is made of crude iron! [Location is County Cork, Republic of Ireland.]

Keywords

Sport

Locations

Republic of Ireland

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

David De Keyser

Length of story (in feet)

190

Story extras:

Film clip

Pathe Icon Pathé

• You may need to login in to external websites.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Pathe Ltd

Email

info@britishpathe.com

Web

https://www.britishpathe.com/

Phone

0207 665 8340

Address

3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE

Notes

Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

Series held

View all series held by British Pathe Ltd