Tattoo Club (1954)

Tattoo club. Bristol, North Somerset. M/S group of various tattoo designs. M/S designs of Indians, horseshoes, hearts, etc. C/U’s designs of girls. M/S designs of flags - Canadian - Boston - Sing-Sing. C/U dragon. M/S tattoo of St. Christopher on man’s back. M/S one of the officials at table looking on. M/S two officials examining design. M/S one of them making notes M/S as a tattooed man walks away from table and another walks up. Various shots of a man with a religious design on his back. C/U of the man’s back as one of the others measures the width and height of the design. C/U design tilting down to the words “He that believeth in me....“. M/S official taking notes, the man walks out of the picture. Various shots of men, all tattooed, looking at another one who has an Indian design on his arm, he turns his chest to camera and shows other Indian design. He turns his back to camera and shows more Indian designs. M/S tattooed men sat down. M/S R. J. Richards, England’s most tattooed man, removes his vest, he is covered from neck to waist in designs. He walks over to the other men and parades his body. M/S as he lifts up his trousers leg, pulls down his sock and reveals designs on the whole length of his leg, M/S as he smiles. C/U of his back, he turns his chest to the camera. 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.