News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

102

Date Released

18 May 1931

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Air Records Broken: Pilots Talk to Movietone
• 2. President-Elect of France Poses
• 3. Boy Gunman Caught in New York City
• 4. Girl Billiards Champion
• 5. New LCC Chairman - Mr Ernest Sanger, JP
• 6. Vienna Fashions
• 7. Landing Operation on Baltic Coast
• 8. Czech May-Day Fete
• 9. Londos Wins after Gruelling Fight
• 10. What’ll Happen If the Lift Goes Wrong?

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 10

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Girl Billiards Champion. DESCRIPTION: Miss Thelma Carpenter, Amateur Billiards champion shows us some trick shots. SHOTLIST: CU Miss Carpenter speaking. She performs on the billiard table and rights an upside down vase. Another ball shoots into vase. Other tricks are shown.

Keywords

Sport; Women; Curiosities

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1210

Length of story (in feet)

86

Story extras:

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