| SWEEPSTAKE DRAW AT MANSION HOUSE (aka GOLDEN NOTES) The Cambridgeshire sweepstake draw takes place at Mansion House in Dublin, Eire, Southern Ireland, Republic | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6322 |
| Catalog #: | 51322 | |
| Clip Number: | 51322-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 36/86 | |
| Timecode: | 01:08:45 - 01:12:31 | |
| Location: | Dublin, Ireland | |
| Year Shot: | 1936 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | GAMBLING: Sweepstakes & Lottery HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Hospitals LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Ireland (Eire), Dublin | |
| Description: | Golden Notes. Cambridgeshire sweepstake draw. Dublin, Eire, Republic of Ireland, Southern Ireland. Various good shots of Dublin with people walking along and trams running. M/S interior of the Mansion House as the sweep girls walk along in various costumes representing characters from grand opera. M/S as auditors put the counterfoils into a big drum which then tumbles around. M/S's of Lord Powerscourt and Lord Mayor making speeches. C/U's of the girls in various wigs and costumes. A nurse picks the name of a horse out of a small drum. A row of nurses draw the counterfoils out of the big one. Various shots of their hands picking the tickets, a man collects them. The winners are announced and people outside run to tell others the news. Various good shots of people reading the news in the 'Evening Herald' newspaper on trams. L/S as camera pans across people in the Mansion House, various shots of people waiting and chatting. M/S of the girls picking more tickets. L/S of National Maternity Hospital made possible by the sweepstake. It is the only all electric hospital in the world, the camera pans across gauges and power sources. M/S of ladies in their beds in a ward the camera pans across them. M/S of an operation being carried out. Cute shot of a row of babies sleeping together. M/S of bath time, they are all crying. | |
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