| THE TOTE TO BE LEGALISED Mechanisation and electrical machinery are introduced to monitor betting tax. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5361 |
| Catalog #: | 55070 | |
| Clip Number: | 55070-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1382 | |
| Timecode: | 01:29:36 - 01:31:00 | |
| Location: | Sydney, Australia | |
| Year Shot: | 1927 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | GAMBLING: Horse Racing INVENTIONS: Mechanical LOCATIONS/AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Sydney | |
| Description: | The tote to be legalised. Exclusive pictures - taken specially for Pathe Gazette - of great interest, in view of betting tax controversy of the wonderful electrical Totalisator in use on Australian Racecourse..65.50m. Sydney, Australia C/U full screen view of the tote result indicator board, showing numbers on a wooden fascia. An employee is seen entering a cubicle and operating a numbered ticket punch. C/U of hands as he works - he passes a ticket to a punter through a window. "Human error is eliminated - error is impossible. It is impossible to back a non runner." C/U of complex machinery for recording the results of races, with a series of cogs and numbered wheels and moving parts. M/S of the race meeting with crowds. Male and female race goers are seen collecting, placing and winning bets at the betting windows. | |
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