Insert a half penny in the slot on the top right of the machine. Turn the handle, middle right, to release four balls. Turn the knob, bottom right, to bring a ball to the top of the playfield. As the ball falls through the pins, use the knob, far bottom left, to move the shield and aim to catch it. If successful, the first flag on the right will flip over and cover an enemy flag, thus showing a successful catch, and the ball will be returned to play again. The game can be won using just one of the four balls, as it is returned to play for a successful catch. The aim of the game is to catch any of the four balls five times and cover all enemy flags. If you get as far as the fifth flag, then you use the knob, bottom middle, to turn the final flag (Union Jack) to cover the German flag and a half penny will be returned to the cup at the bottom centre.

Rare war-time arcade game in which the player has to turn the knob on the left as the moving airship is over the target in the Germanic town below. A successful hit is rewarded by the return of the player's penny.

The mechanism of this Birmingham-made penny scale has much in common with the classic design by Percival Everitt of 1884, which was also used in Salter scales.

Rare survivor, this highly Art Deco voice recorder in the form of a New York skyscraper briefly appears in the film Brighton rock (1947). "Coin operated. Electrically records the voice. Delivers record (which will play on any gramophone) and posting envelope".