Bowling Machine 1964

Star Item

Description

Bickley, Kent.

Various shots show England cricketer Colin Cowdrey setting up his bowling machine in his garden with the help of his neighbour Mr Watson. Then Colin, in cricket whites, stands at a wicket and practises his batting technique while the machine spits cricket balls out at him; Mr...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
3570
Sort Number:
CP 502
Time in/Out:
01:22:36:00 / 01:23:55:00
Canister:
CP 502
Film ID:
289.06
Issue Date:
09/08/1964

Appears in...

Collections
Cinemagazines
Categories
Sport & Leisure Sport & Leisure
WorkSpaces
Strange contraptions

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide
Out Takes / Cuts From Cp 502 - Spaceball, Bowling Machine, Animal Sanctuary And Safety Glass

Out Takes / Cuts From Cp 502 - Spaceball, Bowling Machine, Animal Sanctuary And Safety Glass

Out takes (rushes, cuts) for stories featured in CP 502.

MCC Find Secret Weapon

MCC Find Secret Weapon

English cricketers test out new mechanical bowling machine for training batsmen.

Cowdrey Tries Auto-Bowler

Cowdrey Tries Auto-Bowler

Cricketer Colin Cowdrey tests out new automatic bowling machine at his home in Kent.

Cowdrey Tries Auto-Bowler

Cowdrey Tries Auto-Bowler

Cricketer Colin Cowdrey tests out new automatic bowling machine at his home in Kent.

Scheveningen At Night

Scheveningen At Night

Evening activities in the Dutch holiday resort include indoor American-style bowling.

Bowling Machine

Bowling Machine

England cricketer Colin Cowdrey practises in his garden with the help of his bowling machine.

MCC Find Secret Weapon

MCC Find Secret Weapon

English cricketers test out new mechanical bowling machine for training batsmen.

 

 

The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald
10 telling images selected from British Pathé's extensive WWI footage. 'The war to end all wars' was a war without parallel: over 70 million military personnel were involved and over 17 million people died.
WW1
The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
LULU'S WEDDING
British Pathé filmed the 20th Century's biggest names, some of them before they even became famous. Click through and guess who these soon-to-be celebrities were when first captured by our cameras.
 Before_Famous
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.Take a look at some of the more unusual but ingenious ideas that people have had to beat the traffic.
Transport_Inventions