Prodigy at Play

Series

Series Name

Ingot Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

11

Date Released

1952

Length of issue (in feet)

1688

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The New Nevills
2. 2Redbourn’s Cogging Mill has new electronic drive
3. 3How we used to do it
4. 4RTB help to break the record at Monte Carlo!
5. 5Another Apprentice School
6. 6Rotors and Stators cast in half-a-minute by Cookley’s Pressure Die Casting
7. 7Prodigy at Play

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 7

Summary

NFA synopsis: Ebbw Vale’s 17 year old Cliff Wilson. Junior Amateur Snooker Champion Cliff Wilson takes tips from Joe Davis at Burroughes & Watts Hall, London. Davis comments as Wilson plays shots under his coaching. then Davis performs some trick shots, which he explains.

Keywords

Sport; Entertainment and leisure; Competitions; Youth

Written sources

National Film Archive Catalogue   Used for synopsis
Film User   Vol.6 No.68 June 1952, p298.

Credits:

Producer

Denis Ward

Cutter

Derrick A. Gladwell

Commentator

Howard Marshall

Sponsor

Richard Thomas and Baldwins Group

Production Co.

Technical & Scientific Films Ltd.

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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