Amusement Trades Fair

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2436

Date Released

8 Feb 1976

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1National Exhibition Centre
2. 2Amusement Trades Fair
3. 3Crocodile Farm

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Amusement Trade Fair. DESCRIPTION: At Alexandra Palace "All the Fun of the Fair" is the theme of the exhibits on show to attract buyers from the Amusement arcades and Fairgrounds. All designed to take money from the public at large. SHOTLIST: Angle shot flashing coloured lights. GV introduction of exhibition. SV girl pulling arm on large fruit machine. CU fruits stopping on pay line. SCU girl pulls down large arm on machine. SV two boys playing skittles on air lift table. SV woman and boy playing machine gun game knocking tanks and planes. SV boy shooting at tanks. CU screen with tanks "X" on screen marks hit or miss. CU boy shoots. SV screen with fighter jets. CU ditto "X" marks hit or miss. SV man playing pheasant shooting game. SV man with gun. CU screen with moving light (pheasant). SV man with gun. SV light blob across screen changes colour for hit. BV boy on moving horse shooting at cowboys target. CU boy’s face. SV boy on horse firing pistol. SV moving cowboy target falls. SV horse and boy. CU pistol being fired. SV cowboy being shot. BV Japanese buyer on moving horse shooting at cowboys target. SV Japanese man pan down to gun. SV cowboy being shot. LV carousel roundabout with cars and animal heads. SV roundabout revolving, pan down to cars and animal heads. SV flashing light and car. CU horse’s head. CU camel’s head. CU camel’s head. CU dolphin’s head. CU giraffe’s head. SV people playing on "Indy 800" racing machine. SV coloured girl pan down to her turning steering wheel. CU electronic screen lights for cars etc. SV people playing machine. CU electronic screen. SV hands on steering wheel. SV hands on steering wheel of "Grand Prix" racing machine. LV man on machine with cars racing along track. SV man turning steering wheel, cars racing on screen. SV man turning wheel with people behind watching. SV cars racing on screen, they touch, crash and race continues.

Keywords

Gambling; Entertainment and leisure; Children; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

London; Alexandra Palace

Card file number

76/12

Credits:

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

144

Story extras:

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