Cuts (rushes, out takes) for stories featured in Colour Pictorial - CP 728. Cut stories are on tape *PM0467*
BALD BALL - more great cuts for the men's wigs story. Wigs are piled up on a table. Men leaving the party have their wigs ripped off by the doorman to be returned to Leonard. Very funny....
Cuts (rushes, out takes) for stories featured in Colour Pictorial - CP 728. Cut stories are on tape *PM0467*
BALD BALL - more great cuts for the men's wigs story. Wigs are piled up on a table. Men leaving the party have their wigs ripped off by the doorman to be returned to Leonard. Very funny. One man has his wig tugged but it is his real hair. Middle aged couples dance. Some great stuff here of them really having a great time social dancing. C/U of hands being held. C/U of middle aged man with quite an obvious looking wig. Suddenly the wig disappears - he is bald! Various shots of couples sitting and chatting. Leonard fits a wig as a man is chatting up a girl. Man having a wig fitted by Leonard pulls all sorts of comedy faces.
CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS CARDS - various shots of people looking at the winning cards. Woman sits at a till and puts purchases in paper bags with Father Christmas on them. Winners and stars chat. Little girl who has a crying jag is comforted by her mum and Linda Thorson. Variety Club chief barker Fred Pontin awards prizes.
HOT STUFF - C/U of weighing scales. L/S of white powder being weighed on scales. Powder is poured into a container. Man turns the dials of a processing machine. Various shots of man checking dials on a large display. Man looks through protective mask. Various shots of industrial processes. Bottles are stacked and checked. Men at work on the production line. Various shots of production process. Two women lunch together in what seems to be a staff room. One pours tea or coffee from a Thermos jug. Display of Thermos products.
More cuts of Christmas card story including C/Us of some of the designs at the end of the reel.
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The man in the red jacket, seen several times in the clip "Bald Ball" is renowned toastmaster Ivor Spencer.
The clip entitled "Bald Ball" can be seen in its entirety, with a commentary, in clip 467.09.