- Title: F-4009
- Summary: LET'S GO BOWLING: GROUP BOWLING, MEN & WOMEN BOWLING TEAM, BALLS THROWN DOWN ALLEY, BOWLING PINS KNOCKED DOWN, VINTAGE BOWLING ALLEY. FEATURING NED DAY AND MARION LADEWIG AS BPAA INSTRUCTORS. GOOD CLEAN ALL AMERICAN 1950s FUN.
- Description:00:38:25 - TWO 1950s COUPLES ENTER BUILDING, RUDE MAN GOES BEFORE HIS WIFE OR DATE. LACK OF SOCIAL GRACES. MORE CHIVALROUS MAN TAKE'S DATE'S ARM IN HIS. LEOPARD FUR COAT. COUPLES EXCITED ABOUT NIGHT OUT. 00:38:45 - CU WOMAN LOOKS AROUND IN WONDERMENT AS IF SEEING SOMETHING FOR THE FIRST TIME 00:38:58 - WS FEMALE BOWLERS IN LARGE BOWLING ALLEY. WOMAN WHO JUST ARRIVED WATCHES. 00:39:15 - CU WOMAN WITH FEAR, TREPIDATION ON HER FACE, CLUTCHES HER JACKET, SHAKES HER HEAD, LOOKS UNCERTAIN OF HER ABILITY TO BOWL 00:39:22 - 1950s BOWLING ALLEY. BOWLERS. GREAT 1950s BOWLING SHIRTS AND SHOES. 00:39:44 - FATHER SHOWS SON HOW TO THROW BOWLING BALL TEACHING SON HOW TO BOWL BOWLING LESSON 00:39:48 - CU PRE-TEEN BOY CROUCHED DOWN IN ANTICIPATION OF WHERE BOWLING BALL WILL STRIKE PINS. WAITING FOR BALL TO STRIKE. CU BOWLING BALL STRIKES THREE PINS. 00:39:56 - PRE-TEEN BOY'S BOWLING TEAM CLAP IN EXCITEMENT OF THEIR BOWLING SCORE 00:39:59 - CU THREE GIRLS POINTING AT SCORE PAPERS POSTED ON WALL 00:40:02 - 1950s BOWLING ALLEY, BOWLERS, LANES. 00:40:17 - WOMAN LOOKING AROUND SMILING. JOINS FRIENDS THAT JUST BOUGHT THEIR TICKETS. GET BOWLING SHOES, PUTTING ON BOWLING SHOES 00:40:46 - WOMAN TRIES TO BOW OUT OF BOWLING, PEER PRESSURE FROM FRIENDS CHANGES HER MIND 00:41:38 - BOWLERS CHECKING THEIR COATS AT COAT CHECK 00:41:49 - TWO COUPLES OUT FOR THE NIGHT AT BOWLING ALLEY. MEN FEELING BOWLING BALLS FOR SIZE & WEIGHT 00:42:26 - MAN LOOSES HIS TIE, THROWS BOWLING BALL. MAN BOWLING, 4 PINS LEFT STANDING. COMPLETES HIS TURN BY THROWING ANOTHER BALL. SCORES AN ERROR. 00:43:10 - FEMALE BOWLER 1950s WOMAN BOWLING, KNOCKS DOWN 8 PINS. 00:43:27 - MAN BOWLING, 1950s 00:43:39 - WOMAN WITH TREPIDATION WRITTEN ALL OVER HER FACE, FEARING HER TURN TO BOWL. FRIENDS TALK HER INTO BOWLING, SHOW HER HOW. WOMAN THROWS BALL INTO CHANNEL, GUTTER BALL. THROWS A SCRATCH, THEN THROWS HER HANDS UP IN DEFEAT 00:44:07 - HUSBAND, DATE CONSOLES HER, PUTS ARM AROUND HER SHOULDERS 00:44:15 - DESK MAN WEARING COOL 1950s BOWLING SHIRT GREETS NEWCOMERS TO BOWLING ALLEY, SHAKES HANDS WITH THE MAN, ESCORTS THEM 00:44:31 - COUPLE TRYING TO SHOW FRIEND HOW TO BOWL, CONFUSING HIM. CU WOMAN SHAKING HER HEAD, FRUSTRATED, SHRUGS HER SHOULDERS, FURROWED BROW, PURSED LIPS 00:44:46 - MAN WITH BAD BOWLING POSTURE THROWS BOWLING BALL DOWN ALLEY, ALMOST FALLS DOWN, THROWS GUTTER BALL. WIFE OR GIRLFRIEND TEASES HIM 00:45:04 - INTERIOR BOWLING ALLEY (EMPTY) SPECTATOR SECTION 00:45:09 - TWO COUPLES ARE COACHED BY PROS NED DAY AND MARION LADEWIG. PROFESSIONAL BOWLERS GIVE BOWLING LESSON 00:45:41 - MARION LADEWIG GIVES LESSON IN HOW TO PICK UP BOWLING BALL, GRIP BALL, THREE FINGER GRIP, THROWS BALL 00:46:46 - CU NED DAY. CU NED DAY'S BOWLING BALL. NED DAY BOWLING 00:47:03 - LADEWIG SHOWS THE FOUR STEP APPROACH TO BOWLING 00:47:38 - WOMAN BOWLS USING THE FOUR STEP APPROACH, JUMPS UP & DOWN EXCITED 00:47:57 - MAN IN A HURRY TO BOWL THROWS WRONG. CLICHE "HEY TAKE IT EASY BOY". CHARGES IN HIS APPROACH, NED DAY COACHES HIM. 00:48:18 - SAME MAN THROWS AGAIN, THIS TIME SLIDES ACROSS THE FOUL LINE, CU FOOT OVER FOUL LINE. 1950s BOWLING SHOES. 00:48:31 - 1950s FEMALE BOWLER 00:48:41 - ECU HAND PICKING UP BOWLING BALL FROM BALL RETURN 00:48:44 - NED DAY COACHES BOWLER ON HIS STANCE 00:48:56 - MARION LADEWIG COACHES WOMAN ON HER STANCE, ERECT BODY LEANING A BIT FORWARD, SHOULDERS & HIPS SQUARE WITH LINE OF APPROACH. CU WOMAN BENDING HER KNEES. LADEWIG GIVES HER LESSON ON HOW TO PUSH THE BALL 00:50:30 - WOMAN THROWS BOWLING BALL, KNOCKS DOWN 9 PINS 00:50:40 - NED DAY, PROFESSIONAL BOWLER ILLUSTRATES THE PUSH-AWAY & TAKE-OFF TECHNIQUE. SLOW MOTION 00:52:14 - BOWLER ILLUSTRATES A POOR FOLLOW-THROUGH 00:52:28 - MARION LADEWIG SHOWS BOWLERS PROPER FOLLOW-THROUGH TECHNIQUE 00:52:40 - CU FROM FRONT NED DAY THROWING BOWLING BALL WITH PROPER FOLLOW THROUGH TECHNIQUE 00:52:53 - MS BOWLING PINS LOWERED INTO PLACE. SLOW ZOOM IN ON "TEN BIG FAT PINS JUST ASKING FOR IT" PINS WITH NUMBERS ON THEM, BOWLING BALL ILLUSTRATES WHERE TO HIT PINS, 1 & 3. STRIKE POCKET 00:53:18 - POV IN FRONT OF WOMAN BOWLING. SLOW MOTION BALL FITTING INTO THE STRIKE POCKET HITTING THE 1 & 3 BALL. SLOW MOTION ROLLING A STRIKE 00:53:30 - PROFESSIONAL BOWLERS DEMONSTRATES STRAIGHT BALL AND HOOK BALL. FREEZE FRAME BOWLER. SLOW MOTION BALL ROLLING INTO THE STRIKE POCKET, HITTING THE 1 & 3 BALL, ROLLING A STRIKE 00:55:23 - COACH DEMONSTRATES PIN BOWLING AND SPOT BOWLING POPULAR AIMING METHODS 00:56:40 - MALE BOWLER ROLLS A STRIKE 00:57:00 - FEMALE BOWLER ROLLS A STRIKE, JUMPS FOR JOY, HER FRIENDS CLAP AND SMILE FOR HER 00:57:20 - NED DAY THROWS A SPARE 00:57:38 - MARION LADEWIG THROWS A SPARE 00:57:52 - CU TWO 1950s WOMEN CLAPPING AND LAUGHING. GOOD CLEAN FUN. 00:57:55 - THREE ANGLES OF ROLLING A SPARE ARE SHOWN WITH A DIAGRAM 00:58:44 - INSTRUCTOR COACHES BOWLER ON ROLLING A RIGHT-SIDE SPARE 00:59:08 - BPAA INSTRUCTOR SHOWS BOWLER HOT TO ROLL A LEFT SIDE SPARE 00:59:29 - BOWLER PICKS UP HER BALL FROM BALL RETURN, THROWS MIDDLE-ALLEY SPARE 00:59:48 - CU 1950s BOWLERS 01:00:03 - ECU BOWLING STRIKE 01:00:06 - CU GLEEFUL BOWLER JUMPING FOR JOY 01:00:06 - COUPLES HAVING GOOD CLEAN FUN, 1950s STYLE 01:00:39 - SMALL PIN BOWLING. DUCK-PIN BOWLING 01:01:30 - SLOW MOTION DUCK PIN BOWLER. FREEZE FRAME ON THE ACTION 01:02:42 - 1950s BOWLING LEAGUE COMPETING IN TEAM PLAY 01:04:20 - ECU SCORE KEEPER WRITING SCORES ON BOWLING SCORE SHEET, 01:04:38 - ECU BOWLING BALL ROLLS OVER VIEWER 01:04:43 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1953
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-4009