Walkie-Talkie Tic-Tac

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1826A

Date Released

4 Jun 1964

Date submitted

3 Jun 1964

Date submitted

1 Jun 1964

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Sydney - Try, Try, Try Again
2. 2Motor Racing - The Winners - And Losers
3. 3Walkie-Talkie Tic-Tac
4. 4Epsom Downs - The Derby (Eastman Colour)

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Walkie-Talkie Tic-Tac. DESCRIPTION: New tactics for Tic-tack men - their old established semaphore system has now become transistorised, thanks to the initiative of the bookmaking firm of Henry Graham at Leigh-on-Sea. They’ve just been given licences to use walkie-talkie radio, to pass on the betting information. The two-way sets cost a hundred pounds each. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV dog track. MS tic-tack men. MCU tic-tack man. MCU another. MCU another. MS bookie with radio tic-tack man. MCU tic-tack man. MCU another. CU walkie talkie radio. CU bookie. MS dogs led round track. CU walkie-talkie tic-tack man. CU walkie-talkie radio. MCU bookie. MS crowd. MLS start of dog race. MS dogs past camera. MLS winning dog past line. CU man tears up dog tickets.

Keywords

Gambling; Dog racing; Dogs; Communications

Locations

Southend-on-Sea; England; Essex; Southend Dog Track

Card file number

88417

Credits:

Camera

Hewison

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

89

Story extras:

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