Practical jokes produced by the Ellisdon family are tested out in the boardroom and on the public.
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Short Summary
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Description
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Data
- Film ID:
- 255.03
- Media URN:
- 3427
- Group:
- Colour pictorials
- Archive:
- British Pathe
- Issue Date:
- 08/12/1963
- Sound:
- Sound
- HD Format:
- Available on request
jamied says
Seen here are members of the firm called Ellisdons (AKA Ellisdon & Sons), who sold jokes and novelties by mail order and through their shop at Holborn, London, throughout much of the 1900s.
This attachment contains one of their original mail order adverts.....
http://curiousobject.blogspo
t.co.uk/2012/01/dont-waste-day.html
The car seen in close-up at 01:46 is a Ford Prefect 107E.
"fake scratches on a man's car" - the car is an Austin A55 Cambridge.