Watch Ways Watches

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
459
Date Released
20 Mar 1930
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 7
Summary
NoS Summary - Two tiny clocks - one inside a coin, the other a very small box.
British Pathe synopsis: "A watch - amongst these coins - see if you can detect it - " C/U of several coins on a table. Hands move the coins around then pick up two of them. C/U of the hands as they pop open the coin to reveal a watch inside. A novel little travelling clock concealed in a fake coin. Hands move the clock around to show the camera then close the coin case back up. "Uniquely built, inside an old French coin - complete in every detail, the labour of months. (A trifle, costing £300.) C/U of the watch. "And here’s another novelty for Eve - the latest in watches for pocket, handbag or bedside." C/U of a tiny box which when you squeeze the sides together reveals a tiny clock. The miniature timepiece is shown to the camera. The novel clock is placed on the table in front of the coins. The flaps of the miniature clock are closed.
Keywords
Curiosities; Science and technology
Written sources
Kinematograph Weekly   27 March 1930, p40.
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.308
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP308 Used for synopsis
National Film Archive Catalogue
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