Tenpin Open Champion (1965)

Title reads: "Tenpin open Champion".



Birmingham, West Midlands.



Bowling Championships. L/S the ABC Bowl. L/S ditto with people going in. Various shots competitor having his bowling ball weighed. Interior of bowling alley showing the lanes.



L/S competitors bowling. M/S ball hits pins. L/S as another man bowls and he scores a strike. C/U ball returned up chute. M/S man picks ball up and prepares to bowl. He bowls and we see the ball hit the pins. M/S woman competitor bowling, the ball knocks five down. M/S man bowling. Various shots showing mechanised system behind the allies that picks up the fallen pins.



Panning shot Tony Izzard bowling and scoring a strike. C/U Nell Bowen, she bowls and scores a strike. Other competitors watching applaud. L/S the lanes. M/S scorer Dick Sattonfield from USA. L/S as the competition winner Jan Rose walks up to receive cup and check for £600. C/U as he receives the cup and the cheque. C/U Rose holding cup and cheque. L/S crowd applauding. C/U Rose holding cup and cheque.
FILM ID:1796.09

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