Gambling (Fun Palace outtakes)

Scenes from streets and betting shops, including slot machines, shoe-shining and extended shots from inside a London bookie.

After evening scenes in London streets, including shopping and a shoe shine, this film focuses on London’s gambling options. First we see an amusement arcade, with a shooting game, slot machines, roulette and pinball, before extended scenes from inside a betting shop, with several great portraits of gamblers. This is a rush from a 1963 filmed made by Joan Littlewood looking at what Londoners did for fun.