Item title reads - "Variety" the spice of funfair.
Variety Club stars at Battersea funfair, London.
L/S from big wheel of the Battersea funfair. M/S crowds as wheel goes round. M/S Kenny Lynch, Harry Fowler and Twinkle, in one of the boats of the big wheel, laughing and joking. Pan...
Item title reads - "Variety" the spice of funfair.
Variety Club stars at Battersea funfair, London.
L/S from big wheel of the Battersea funfair. M/S crowds as wheel goes round. M/S Kenny Lynch, Harry Fowler and Twinkle, in one of the boats of the big wheel, laughing and joking. Pan across crowd gathered. M/S Warren Beatty and Leslie Caron signing autographs. C/U Leslie Caron, pan to C/U Warren Beatty. C/U Sam Kydd signing autographs. Various shots Stanley Baker signing autographs. Various shots Terry Downes helping Barbara Shelley to shoot on rifle range. C/U as Barbara takes a shot. C/U Barbara pinning badge on Terry Downes, he kisses her.
M/S David Jones and Norma Foster. C/U Robertson Hare and Isla Blair. Various shots Michael Caine signing. Various shots Mike and Bernie Winters. Bernie puts Town Crier's hat on and rings bell as they clown around. M/S as Harry Fowler and Kenny Lynch come down slide with girls. M/S as they are mobbed and try to get to their van. M/S pan as Kenny Lynch dashes to van. L/S crowd.
M/S of the boating pool. C/U Liz Fraser in boat, she waves. L/S of the Beauty parade. C/U Davy Kaye, who is one of the judges, sat open mouthed looking at the girls. M/S as he touches the girl's knee sitting next to him and she slaps his face. M/S Stanley Baker kissing the winner of the parade, she is Joan Lofthouse. C/U and M/S Bernie Winters and two women coming down water chute and past camera.
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