| ROLL OUT THE BARREL Barrel rolling contest at Hampstead, London. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 60 |
| Catalog #: | 312697 | |
| Clip Number: | 312697-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 65/43 | |
| Timecode: | 10:33:24 - 10:34:34 | |
| Location: | Hampstead, London, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1965 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEVERAGES/ALCOHOL: Beer CONTESTS: Unusual LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | Master 60 Part 1 Same as catalog # 519421 ROLL OUT THE BARREL Barrel rolling contest at Hampstead, London. Opens with shot of plain in wooded area. Camera pans rollicking crowd of beer dinkers, some divided into teams in striped shirts or hats standing over their barrel. The team in bowler hats goes over strategy. The crowd, many holding mugs of beer, toast the procedings. One CU of a young man in glasses. Woman with rifle holds it into the air and shoots to start the race. The contestants quaff a beer and then run to their barrels to push them across the fields. Sequence of shots showing the teams. One team pushes it into a ravine. Four men are shown laying down on the ground next to their barrel, while the winners from King William IV tavern hold the prize, a barrel of beer, over their heads. | |
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