Tottenham Sharpshooters

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
369
Date Released
22 Jan 1962
Date recorded
27 Dec 1961
Length of issue (in feet)
687
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
NoS Summary - Tottenham Hotspurs football players visit the local White Hart pub to admire the landlord’s collection of guns.
SHOTLIST: 12-ft shot of Cup Final to be inserted. MS Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. MS Sign ‘The White Hart’. MS interior pub. We see men around bar, publican walks in with handful of pistols, hands them round. Left to right Mel Hopkins, John Hollowbread, (both with backs to us) John White, behind bar, Peter Baker and Cliff Jones. CU as barman opens box and takes out officer’s presentation model, a Remington 44-40 and hands it to Baker, who examines it. CU publican. CU frontier Navy Colt, fastest single action colt ever made. MS otherside of bar, publican talking to Baker, pan down to show publican’s revolver which is powered by gas. CU gun. MLS looking towards bar, woman walks carrying rifles. Publican hands them to footballers. CU Baker and Hollowbread. CU Winchester 73 44-40. MS Hollowbread. MS group watching publican demonstrate Winchester 73 and hands it to Hollowbread. MS group watching publican demonstrate Winchester 73 and hands it to Hollowbread. MS Mel Hopkins, as he examines another rifle. MLS group. Barman walks round bar, pan across with him and he starts to do fancy drawing. CU barman as he draws. CU hand as he draws gun and puts it back in holster, repeats action. MS barman doing tracks with gun. Fade out.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Weapons; Football
Locations
London; England; Tottenham
Written sources
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Credits:
Commentator
Kenneth Kendall
Length of story (in feet)
214
Story extras:
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'Tottenham Sharpshooters', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 369, 22 Jan 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/121171 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)