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  • Short Summary

    Japanese women have a game of billiards - quite cute.

  • Description

    Introductory intertitle reads: "Who said they were behind the times in Nippon? The girls play a billiards game all their own!"

    M/S of a billiards table. Two Japanese women walk towards each other and bow to each other. They hold snooker cues and wear traditional kimonos. Half a dozen other women watch. To decide who goes first they do something which looks like "Water Stone Paper Knife" - they each make several gestures with their hands. The walk over to the table and begin to play a game which looks nothing like our billiards. "And they're expert too, even though they do use 4 balls in the game - " The other women sit and watch. They applaud certain shots - smiling and laughing. Various shots of the game.

    Was item in Eve's Film Review issue 442.

    Safety print exists - show print.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1178.19
    Media URN:
    40591
    Group:
    Eve pictorials
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    05/12/1929
    Sound:
    Mute
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:24:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:40:22:00 / 01:41:46:00
    Canister:
    EP 114

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  1. Unknown user says

    The game the ladies are seen playing here is the carom billiards game called Four-ball. Note that the game is played on a pocketless table.

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