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BLOW PENNY

Blow Penny (1940)

Girls take part in a game of blow penny.

TIPPIT AND SHOVE HALFPENNY issue title - UP WITH THE LARK

Tippit And Shove Halfpenny Issue Title - Up With The Lark (1941)

Locals in the West Country play...

FOOTBALLING BUDGERIGAR

Footballing Budgerigar (1938)

A budgerigar plays a scaled down version of football with its beak. No...

DICE

Dice (1941)

Item about dice and their uses.

TABLE FOOTBALL

Table Football (1918)

Excellent invention - a forerunner of table football, quirky stuff.

EVE'S INDOOR GOLF

Eve's Indoor Golf (1922)

New devices for golf fans - miniature golfers at the end of clubs, very cute.

SKITTLERS ALL!

Skittlers All! (1929)

Women play a game of skittles - various shots of women bowling.

 

 

UP IN THE AIR

Up In The Air (1930)

Amusing indoor game - like volleyball but with a balloon, only heads to be used - no...

LIVING CHESS

Living Chess (1933)

Very cute film showing children dressed as chess pieces playing a game on an outdoor...

THE VOICE OF THE TOTS

The Voice Of The Tots (1933)

German school children sing songs while learning to play, Germany.

SKATE PUSHBALL!

Skate Pushball! (1933)

Men on roller skates play with a huge football and girl skaters play 'musical...

QUEER CARDS

Queer Cards (1932)

Nice item giving a brief history of the playing card.

GRANNY'S CLUB

Granny's Club (1938)

Club for elderly women in London's Docklands.

COPPING THE CAPTION

Copping The Caption (1942)

A fun game where we have to guess a term or phrase from a picture associated...

DAVE AND DUSTY  CHESS

Dave And Dusty Chess (1947)

Little boy and his pet dog visit a chess tournament.

ARCHERS V DARTS

Archers V Darts (1950)

Darts team fighting team of archers at Crayford.

CHESS

Chess (1946)

Men play chess during lunch hour at Gambit Chess Rooms in London.

BLIND DARTS TEAM

Blind Darts Team (1954)

Dart competition for elderly blind men in Brixton, London.

DAVE AND DUSTY  CHESS

Dave And Dusty Chess (1947)

Duplicate of story of same name found in NP 132 - see separate record for...

BRIGHTENING UP THE PARTIES

Brightening Up The Parties (1925)

Great film showing popular party games of the 1920s.

BRIGHTENING UP THE PARTIES

Brightening Up The Parties (1925)

Great film showing popular party games of the 1920s.

ROBB WILTON

Robb Wilton (1932)

Robb Wilton as a prison governor delivers a comic monologue.

MR ELY CULBERTSON

Mr Ely Culbertson (1932)

Bridge player Ely Culbertson talks about the game.

TABLE TALK

Table Talk (1926)

A novel walking stick which turns into a card table is demonstrated.

THE SHUFFLER

The Shuffler (1931)

Professor Collins demonstrates fancy shuffling and card tricks - some slow motion...

CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA NO. 85

Caught By The Camera No. 85 (1936)

Caught by the Camera - a village in Germany where most of the...

MISS JAPAN TAKES UP BILLIARDS

Miss Japan Takes Up Billiards (1929)

Japanese women have a game of billiards - quite cute.

ON GUARD!

On Guard! (1940)

Good footage of the Home Defence Battalions - forerunner of the Home Guard.

TODAY'S LIGHT BRIGADE!

Today's Light Brigade! (1940)

Good footage of the work and recreation of a searchlight battalion.

"Roll - Bowl - Or Pitch - " (1931)

Good shots of large ten pin bowling alley in Germany.

PICTURES THAT LIVE

Pictures That Live (1931)

Various shots shown inside a picture frame device.

"Nice Babies!" (1932)

Funny film comparing kittens with lion cubs - lots of cute stuff.

TAKING A CUE FROM THE RISING GENERATION

Taking A Cue From The Rising Generation (1932)

Two champion Billiards players have a game - Joyce...

NOVELTIES - HERE AND THERE WITH MEN AND MACHINES

Novelties - Here And There With Men And Machines (1932)

Very strong car tyres are demonstrated -...

JOAN BEECH

Joan Beech (1942)

Hi Li champion Joan Beech demonstrates her technique with bat and ball.

DARTS aka DART CHAMPION

Darts AKA Dart Champion (1944)

Champion darts player George Caley demonstrates the techniques of the...

LESSONS WITHOUT TEARS aka LESSONS WITHOUT FEARS

Lessons Without Tears AKA Lessons Without Fears (1945)

At Prestolee School kids are educated...

INDOOR FOOTBALL

Indoor Football (1949)

Stanley Matthews and Stanley Mortensen play table football.

TOAD-IN-THE-HOLE

Toad-In-The-Hole (1950)

Locals at a pub in West Clandon play 16th Century game of Toad-in-the-Hole....

BLOW EGG FOOTBALL

Blow Egg Football (1950)

Light-hearted item about a game of blow egg football in Gravesend, Kent.

JOLLY WIVES CLUB

Jolly Wives Club (1950)

Insight into the Jolly Wives Club at Shepperton in London.

ARCH 176

Arch 176 (1945)

Footage of Arch 117 a club for Homeless people in London.

RINGING-THE-BULL aka RINGING THE BULL

Ringing-The-Bull AKA Ringing The Bull (1949)

Traditional pub game played by drinkers in the King's...

NOUGHTS AND CROSSES MACHINE

Noughts And Crosses Machine (1949)

Inventor E.W. Davies and his machine that plays noughts and...

BEER AND SKITTLES

Beer And Skittles (1946)

Skittles are played at the King's Arms pub in Kingston, Greater London.

TABLE TENNIS

Table Tennis (1924)

The cricketers Jack Hobbs and Andy Ducat have a friendly game of table tennis.

SPORT IN HUNGARY

Sport In Hungary (1963)

Awards for the best Hungarian sportsman and sportswoman presented.

BANTAM PACK - SPORTING TYPES

Bantam Pack - Sporting Types (1950)

Quirky stuff - probably designed for children - a silly indoor...

OUT TAKES / CUTS FROM CP 442 - reel 1 of 2 - ROULETTE FASHIONS

Out Takes / Cuts From Cp 442 - Reel 1 Of 2 - Roulette Fashions (1963)

Fashions are modelled in...

HOT STUFF

Hot Stuff (1937)

Educational (mostly) item telling us about the history of fireplaces and the effect of...