Bowling Invasion (1960)

Item title reads - Bowling invasion. London. M/S of guests standing around in front of the new Bowling Alley at Stamford Hill, London. M/S of pins in position. M/S of Sir John Hunt arriving to bowl the first ball, he shakes hands with an official. M/S boxer Henry Cooper arriving. L/S guests in the foyer. M/S film star Carole Lesley arriving. M/S film star Douglas Fairbanks sitting next to Lady Hunt. M/S Peter Arne arriving. M/S of the Bedser Twins, Alec and Eric, getting instructions on how to hold the bowling balls. L/S guests applauding at the opening ceremony. M/S as Sir John Hunt bowls the golden ball, camera pans with it up the alley as it completely misses all the pins. M/S as Sir John turns away shaking his head at having missed. Various shots of balls being sent up the alleys. M/S of a ball hitting pins and scattering some of them. M/S’s of some of the guests bowling. M/S ball travelling towards pins and hitting them. M/S looking along the mechanism at the back of the alleys, which automat
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