Billiards With Sidney Smith (1947)

Title reads: “Billiards with Sidney Smith“. Location of events unknown. L/S of billiards table in snooker hall. Various shots of billiards champion Sidney Smith demonstrating correct way to play. He shows us how to stand, how to position the cue, how to grip a cue and how to arch the bridge hand. He demonstrates how to do the “screw-shot“. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.