| BILLARD BALLS Billiard balls are made in a London workshop | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7179 |
| Catalog #: | 298626 | |
| Clip Number: | 298626-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NP 443 | |
| Timecode: | 01:42:22 - 01:43:44 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1953 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY: Sporting Goods LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London OCCUPATIONS: Factory Workers RECREATION: Billiards / Snooker / Pool | |
| Description: | BILLARD BALLS Billiard balls are made in a London workshop London. SCS. Billiard cue striking the end of two balls from a row of seven. MS Billard table with two cues lying 'V' shape away from the nearest pocket. The balls are entering the 'V' and rolling into the pocket. CS. the ball rolling down onto the pocket. CS. Rods of plastic from which billiard balls are turned a hand picks up one of the rods. MS Man holding rod over electric saw CS. The saw biting through the plastic rod. CS. Man's face as he works. CS. Saw cutting rod into two sections. CS. The newly cut off sections being thrown into box with others. MS Man picks up box and carries it out of picture. MS He places on a tray by the lathe. SCS. Tapping one of the cut sections into the chuck. CS. His face. MS He beings to turn the plastic into a semisphere. & CS. showing a cutter pealing off the plastic. CS. His face. SCS. (Low angle) showing lathe cutting and man watching. MS Another man walks into picture takes away a box of those completed. SLS He places the box on the table and carries one of the roughly finished balls over to a grindstone in right of picture can be seen a small pair of scales with a billiard ball. in each tray. CS. Mans hands as he finishes the billiard ball on the grindstone. MS Woman removing the ball from the scales. examining it for floors then placing it in a box with others. CS. Placing ball in the box. MS Display of billiard balls in the centre is a pyramid of balls nearly two feet high On the right man opens box of snooker balls. SCS. The pyramid of balls. | |
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