Vintage Slots in Films and Newsreels

[treefrog]

What a lovely newsreel. It has a feel from an earlier era than 1983. As probably mentioned before, it is always a shame when the history of machines disappears as I doubt many that still exist will have providence passed on or remembered. What a great lady she was.

[nick6969]

You're spot on Treefrog, the history of machines often gets lost. I'm lucky I have a few of the machines from this auction, ones I used to play as a kid on a Saturday afternoon. The owner of Barrys Amusements, Mrs Minnie Delino (Chipperfield) was a remarkable lady indeed and was a friend of my mum's… she took no prisoners!!

[treefrog]

Here is Minnie with her keys, looks like she operated the arcade till 85 years old and some of the inside

[nick6969]

Here is Minnie with her keys, looks like she operated the arcade till 85 years old...

Spent a lot of the 1970s in that arcade. Yes, Minnie closed it when she was in her 85th year. She kept her fish and chip shop and ice-cream business until she passed away in 1987. Her favourite machine was the Laughing Sailor and didn't feature in the auction as she couldn't bear to part with it. To this day it is still in her family ownership…. in Canada!!

[chris roadhog]

The next showing of 'The Punch and Judy man' on Talking Pictures tv is Thursday 27th August at 2.30 pm.

Setting my Beatamax recording device right now!

[alan57]

Offshore gambling haven in the 1930's, Noticed Mills Romanhead being dumbed into the sea

[badpenny]

Looks like the machines are carefully being removed while a couple of gash tables and a pack of cards are thrown over board. More done for the cameras, but very interesting.
Thanks for posting.

BP

[pennymachines]

Brief glimpse inside Barrys Amusements arcade:

[nick6969]

Charming video of my seaside town in better times. A lot of the art deco buildings in the video now sadly gone as is the very unusual Barrys building itself, all hit by mysterious fires at the dead of night while waiting for listed status.

[pennymachines]

[treefrog]

Nice video and never heard of Colourfields, although was a huge fan of the Specials

[JC]

Yes, great video. Filmed on the Palace Pier, Brighton - the vintage slots in John and Clive's 'National Museum of Penny Slot Machines' upstairs in the old theatre, before the Noble vandals ripped it down

[13rebel]

On you tube....vintage slot machines Magpie 1977. [ Sorry, I don't know how to do the link] Featuring John Gresham. Who made the first working model shown- Dennison? Love it.

[13rebel]

Yes, John Dennison.

[coin-op]

[gameswat]

Dennison purchased this Levitating Lady automaton in France around 1908 and built the case himself. In the 1920's his daughters revamped it into the then more current deco look. An example of the original automata (pic attached) sold at auction approx 2012 for $220,000! I was lucky enough to work on the machine for Pat Gresham in 2012 and I found an operating info label attached inside that I carefully removed to discover the original Dennison business card on the backside. At the time she was hoping to sell the machine to a coin-op collector but that never happened and I believe it went to Europe to be restored back to the original format of non coin-op without cabinet.
https://www.theriaults.com/extremely-ra ... -automaton

[treefrog]

Another old film with an arcade scene, “The Yellow Balloon” from 1953. I only saw it at the end of the scene, but the film is being shown on Talking Pictures TV. Took a quick TV shot and could not find an online video.

[pennymachines]

The full movie is here: https://allzer.com/movie/7vNa0MQd-the-y ... lloon.html (anti-virus checkers on )
Arcade at 0:46:50
Pugh Automatics Prospector at 0:47:26

[dickywink]

Machines not working .... all you need is Cathy

a rather sleezy 70s "Training" film from Bass Charrington, I found on the huntley film archives

https://www.huntleyarchives.com/pix/EL/ ... 6046_P.MP4

the only thing that was missing from this film was Benny Hill

all the best ... Dicky

[13rebel]

Bargain Hunt toy special broadcast today on BBC1 shows Darren Hesketh's museum at about twelve minutes from the start and lasts about five minutes. Should be on BBC i player in due course.