| Selected Originals - THE PIDDINGTONS KEEP MILLIONS GUESSING A radio thought transference act are filmed passing message | ||
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| Catalog #: | 216106 | |
| Clip Number: | 216106-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 50/10 A | |
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| Year Shot: | 1950 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/RADIO: Production LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England PSEUDOSCIENCE: ESP, Telepathy (Thought Transfer) | |
| Description: | See also catalog # 15422 & 212325 & 210772 & 211140 Selected Originals - THE PIDDINGTONS KEEP MILLIONS GUESSING A radio thought transference act are filmed passing message MS Elevated Sydney Piddington and Hugh Williams before mike. MS Pan along judges in the studio. Ian Messiter Derrick de Marney Gladys Young and Dudley Perkins. Stephen Grenfell stands in front of one mike and Hugh Williams and Sydney Piddington in front of another. SCU Sydney Piddington (Voice from 'plane over). Gilbert Harding's voice: 'Yes we're here still gaining height. I'm moving even farther away from Lesley Piddington and here is Jean Gordon the stewardess what did you do to Mrs. Piddington a few minutes ago?' Jean Gordon replying: 'I searched her very thoroughly in spite of the cold. I make her take off everything. I looked in the padding of her jacket I looked in her boots I even looked in her mouth and her hair and now I have her handbag so you can be sure she's nothing hidden away on her person.' MV.Elevated Sydney Piddington and Hugh Williams before mike. MS Pan along judges in the studio. Ian Messiter Derrick de Marney Gladys Young and Dudley Perkins. Stephen Grenfell stands in front of one mike and Hugh Williams and Sydney Piddington in front of another. Lesley Piddington's voice: 'Right concentrate again won't you Sydney. It's not words this time. It's a drawing a pattern a draughtboard it's on paper a crossword puzzle. (Applause). It's half filled in. You want me to give the words there are. Right concentrate on the first one will you?' MS Elevated Sydney Piddington and Hugh Williams. Lesley's voice continues: It's something about cards people playing cards shuffling shuffle that's one and cutting just cut shuffle and cut. The next one a window no curtains. The next one someone working in an office like an office job.' LS Elevated Piddington and Williams. Lesley's voice continues: 'I think the next one's a head someone's head. The next one's about money. Some more hot something hot. It's something wet hot dry drying dryer. If you'll go on to the next one...' CU Piddington. Lesley's voice: 'That's all. That's all that's been filled in in the crossword puzzle.' Piddington speaking: 'Mr. Williams would you please confirm that for our listening audience and also for our studio audience. Explain what it is and what the words were. I think Lesley was completely wrong in one a word which I can't read or understand myself. Williams speaking: 'Well ladies and gentlemen I take rather longer doing my crossword puzzles but the first word was 'Shuffle and cut' and 'curtain' was right and 'Audience' was right.' LS Pan from platform to audience and back to platform where Stephen Grenfell makes the winding up announcement. | |
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