Golf Ball Manufacture

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

600

Date Released

23 Jun 1966

Date recorded

7 Jun 1966

Length of issue (in feet)

731

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Coco the Clown
2. 2Golf Ball Manufacture
3. 3Anita Harris

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: Why hit a golf ball with a six-foot mechanical club, fire it out of a gun with a 120 mph punch then chart its flight with measuring tape? It’s the intricate process carried out by a Liverpool factory to make sure the Sunday morning putter has the same chance as Arnold Palmer where the ball’s concerned. The story starts with a gooey core of elastic paste and ends with a sheen of plastic paint...and those dimples on the surface have a job to do too. So don’t blame the ball, the bogey’s in your swing.

Keywords

Industry and manufacture; Golf

Locations

Liverpool; England; Merseyside

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

174

Story extras:

Film clip

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