New Use for Billiards Table

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1076A

Date Released

19 Jan 1950

Date submitted

13 Jan 1950

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Return of the ‘Girl Jean’
2. 2Russian UN Walk-Out
3. 3Plane Crash Tests
4. 4Hunting the Common Cold Germ
5. 5New Use for Billiards Table
6. 6Joy Bells at the Zoo
7. *Trailer: Scottish Electors List

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A New Use for the Billiards Table (Blow Football). DESCRIPTION: At a Gravesend Club they’ve been playing Blow Football, all that’s needed to make the game a success is a blown chicken’s egg, a billiard table, two goals and lung power. SHOTLIST: KS. SCU blown-out egg on billiards table. Various shots of game in progress similar to football only you blow the egg. CU man’s teeth coming out. Ref blows whistle, shouts ‘foul’. Reverse photography egg into mouth of person. Gag shot - SCU egg on table & turns into plastic chicken, which lays four eggs & walks off table.

Keywords

Sport; Curiosities

Locations

Gravesend

Card file number

53069

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

101

Story extras:

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