New Use for Billiards Table

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1076A
Date Released
19 Jan 1950
Date submitted
13 Jan 1950
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A New Use for the Billiards Table (Blow Football). DESCRIPTION: At a Gravesend Club they’ve been playing Blow Football, all that’s needed to make the game a success is a blown chicken’s egg, a billiard table, two goals and lung power. SHOTLIST: KS. SCU blown-out egg on billiards table. Various shots of game in progress similar to football only you blow the egg. CU man’s teeth coming out. Ref blows whistle, shouts ‘foul’. Reverse photography egg into mouth of person. Gag shot - SCU egg on table & turns into plastic chicken, which lays four eggs & walks off table.
Keywords
Sport; Curiosities
Locations
Gravesend
Card file number
53069
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
101
Story extras:
Film clip

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'New Use for Billiards Table', British Movietone News Issue No. 1076A, 19 Jan 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16155 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)