Pachinko - Steel Ball Game

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2523

Date Released

9 Oct 1977

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1World Synod of Bishops
2. 2The Horse of the Year Show
3. 3Audio Fair
4. 4Pachinko - Steel Ball Game

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pachinko - Steel Ball Game. DESCRIPTION: The craze for Pachinko has swept through Japan. The game is quite simple, steel balls are purchased and fed into machine. The object is to get as many as possible through the machine and exchange them for prizes. Already there are 10,000 Pachinko Parlours in Japan. SHOTLIST: GV Japanese streets at night illuminated. CU illuminated sign ‘Pachinko’. GV exterior Pachinko Hall. MS person collecting steel balls. GV interior Pachinko Parlour pan rows of machines with people playing them. CU Pachinko machine. CU man playing. CU machine. CU row of hands at controls. CU man’s face, MS Pachinko machine. GV row of players - pan man to merchandise counter (prizes). MS ditto, various merchandise. CU television screen on top of Pachinko machine which enables player to play and watch. MS ditto. CU Pachinko machine. GV exterior parlour.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure

Locations

Japan

Footage sources

Tokyo

Card file number

77/171

Credits:

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

155

Story extras:

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