Videos part 10

52 more video clips to share.  Prior video posts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and entry 5 onward has a link to one of these ZIP files of movie clips.  These clips were trimmed by tweakbod.

In this batch we have:

1935 - Special Agent pinball scene
1937 - Little Red Walking Hood pinball scene
1939 - Lucky Night arcade scenes
1939 - NY World's Fair 1939 part 1 arcade footage
1939 - NY World's Fair 1939 part 2 arcade footage
1940 - They Drive by Night pinball scenes
1944 - Broadway Rhythm penny arcade scene
1944 - Tex Avery; Screwy Squirrel Happy-Go-Nutty viewer scene
1945 - Tex Avery; The Shooting of Dan McGoo slot machine scene
1945 - Waterloo Road arcade scenes
1946 - The Best Years of Our Lives pinball scene
1946 - The Dark Corner penny arcade scene
1950 - The Asphalt Jungle pinball scene
1952 - The Member of the Wedding pinball scene
1953 - The Yellow Balloon arcade scenes
1955 - Bad Day at Black Rock pinball scene
1958 - Der Pauker arcade scene
1958 - Elevator to the Gallows pinball scenes
1959 - Anatomy of a Murder pinball scene
1960 - 女獣 (Mejû aka Woman Beast) rooftop amusement park scene
1960 - 女獣 (Mejû aka Woman Beast) smart ball & pachinko scenes
1961 - Schlagerparade arcade scenes
1961 - The Outsider shooting gallery scene
1962 - Pop Goes the Easel amusement park scene
1962 - Pop Goes the Easel pinball scene
1963 - De valse noot pinball scene
1964 - Dead Ringer coin-op scene
1964 - Polizeirevier Davidswache arcade scenes
1965 - British Pathe footage [199047] arcade scenes
1966 - Alfie pinball scene
1966 - Masculin Féminin pinball scenes
1967 - Divorce American Style bowling alley scene
1967 - Games arcade scenes
1967 - 荒野のダッチワイフ (Kôya no Dacchi waifu aka Sex doll in the wilderness) arcade scenes
1968 - ネオン太平記 (Neon Taiheiki) bowling alley scene
1972 - The King of Marvin Gardens facade of Atlantic City Boardwalk with Pokerino sign
1972 - 一条さゆり 濡れた欲情 (Ichijô Sayuri Nureta yokujô aka Ichijo's Wet Lust) amusement park scene NSFW
1973 - Steelyard Blues pinball scene
1974 - Cani arrabbiati (aka Rabid Dogs AKA Kidnapped aka A Man and a Boy) pinball scene
1974 - The California Kid pinball scenes
1975 - Baretta S01E07 - The Coppelli Oath pinball scenes
1975 - Baretta S01E09 The Mansion pinball scene
1976 - Car Wash pinball scenes
1978 - Laserblast pinball scene
1979 - Das Ding arcade scene
1980 - Urban Cowboy coin-op scene
1981 - Filles DeLuxe pinball scenes NSFW
1981 - Roadgames pinball scene
1983 - BMX Bandits arcade scene
1988 - Crocodile Dundee II bar scene
1993 - Les visiteurs pinball scene
1995 - Before Sunrise pinball scene 

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Just a few more neat things youtube:

2 videos from coinop auctions, 1985 and 1987. Low resolution but still kind of neat. 

 

One of my favourite gameplay accounts demonstrates 1987 サーブ アタック (serve attack) by ミツフジ (Mitufuji)

 And some gameplay and a look inside a Wonders allwin from 1955:

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Videos part 9

I have so many video clips to share, there will be a few more of these posts in rapid succession.  Prior video posts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and entry 5 onward has a link to one of these ZIP files of movie clips.  These clips were all trimmed by tweakbod.

Here is what is in this batch:

1932 - Admission Free cartoon
1934 - Penny A Peep short film
1937 - Storm in a Teacup arcade scene
1939 - Daughter of the Tong pinball scenes
1941 - A Good Time For A Dime cartoon
1942 - Street of Chance coin-op scene
1946 - The Last Crooked Mile amusement park scene
1946 - Wanted For Murder coin-op scene
1948 - The Street with No Name arcade scenes
1949 - The Crooked Way Shooting Gallery
1949 - 野良犬 (Nora inu aka Stray Dog) shooting gallery and pachinko scene
1953 - All Ashore coin-op scene
1958 - Let's Rock pinball scenes
1958 - Popeye the Sailor E211 Penny Antics cartoon
1959 - Beast from Haunted Cave coin-op scene
1960 - ぽんこつ (Ponkotsu) amusement park scene
1963 - Irma la Douce pinball scenes
1963 - Montage V; How to Play Pinball short film
1964 - 乾いた花 (Kawaita hana aka Pale Flower) bowling alley scene
1966 - Harper pinball scene
1966 - 東京流れ者 (Tōkyō nagaremono aka Tokyo Drifter) arcade scene
1967 - In Cold Blood arcade scenes
1969 - The Sicilian Clan arcade scenes
1970 - Five Easy Pieces bowling alley scene
1971 - Born to Win fascination scene
1971 - Harold and Maude arcade scene
1972 - Fuzz coin-op scene
1972 - The Harder They Come pinball scene
1973 - Charley Varrick slot machine scene
1974 - The Carol Burnett Show S08E01 arcade scene
1975 - Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold pinball scene
1975 - Hard Times pinball scene
1977 - Rolling Thunder coin-op scene
1978 - FIST coin-op scene
1979 - Flatbed Annie Sweetiepie, Lady Truckers coin-op scene
1980 - Cruising pinball scene
1980 - The Hunter pinball scene
1982 - Fields of Play; Playing Ball pinball scene with Roger Sharpe
1982 - Remington Steele S1E03 Steele Waters Run Deep arcade scenes
1982 - Remington Steele S1E06 Steele Belted arcade scene
1982 - The Challenge arcade scene
1989 - Phantom of the Mall Erics Revenge arcade scene

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and just one new YT video to share, but it's a pretty fantastic one...

 

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exploring the arcade in すし屋のケンちゃん (Sushi Restaurant Ken-chan) episode 51

This screenshot and gamelist was posted by TOO_yoshikawa. (archive) It is just one image, but it is such a great little arcade that I wanted it saved here as well.

 

すし屋のケンちゃん 　第51話「灯台のある岬」(1972年2月24日放送)
Sushi Restaurant Ken-chan Episode 51 "Cape with a Lighthouse" (broadcast on February 24, 1972)

Front machines first:

There are two Air Scramble machines, one being played by the child and one on the far right.  The machine in between them is King Ball. I'm not sure exactly when that was released, but it was 1969 or earlier.

1971 Air Scramble - エアースクランブル by さとみ (Satomi — Sammy)

~1969 King Ball - キングボール by 日本自動販売機 (Nihon Jidô Hanbaiki — Game Mate) & カトウ (Kato)

Zoom in to the the back row...

 

1972 Aero Acrobat - アクロバッ by さとみ (Satomi — Sammy)

1971 Rapid Fire - ラピットファイアー by 太東貿易 (Taito Trading)

1970 Racer - レーサー by 中村製作所 (Nakamura Seisakusho)

1971 Tank - タンク by さとみ (Satomi — Sammy)

1969 Suspense by Williams

 

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exploring the arcade in 野良犬 (1949) aka Nora inu (Stray Dog)

I had posted screen shots from this movie in the post exploring pachinko in Japanese cinema... part 1 but I feel it is such an important scene that it deserves it's own post.  I have also upgraded my source, using a proper bluray release for the screencaps.

野良犬 (1949) aka Nora inu (Stray Dog)

I am fairly confident I have identified the pinball machines we see here.  I have combed through all visual documentation of pinball up to 1949 and the cabinet matches no known game from USA or Germany or UK.

I believe this is 欧米式マーブル電装野球遊技器 (Western-style marble electric baseball game machine) by 鈴富 (Suzutomi).

From Kazuo Sugiyama's book Corinthian, here is an advertisement for it:

The dual lines with breaks for a large circle match perfectly to what we see in Stray Dog. We have no way of knowing for sure, perhaps photographs from filming could include them.

I will be adding the shooting gallery to the eremeka database. I made this composite images with two of the best angles:

unknown shooting gallery [seen in 野良犬]

Here are full stills of the gallery, including a later shot from behind the gallery:

 

This next realization is part of what prodded me to put this whole post together.

I believe director Akira Kurosawa deliberately rigged a pachinko machine to make the scene more powerful.

Our protagonist arrives at the shooting gallery, has conflict with the woman, and she steps backwards against the pachinko machines.

Notice how when we cut to this scene, before the woman enters the frame, the lever of the pachinko machine on the right is down.  There is a ball placed in the shooter lane. This is only visible for a part of a second, so you wouldn't consciously register it.

Zooming in:

ball is inserted and ready to be shot, shooter handle is held down somehow, probably from behind.

When she backs into the frame up against the machines, the ball is fired. She does not appear to touch the handle in any way, nor was there any kind of visible latching mechanism at the front of the machine.

ball is in at the top of the machine!

How was this done?  It must have been someone behind the pachinko machine holding the lever down from the backside.  The ball is shot easily and does 2 loops of the outer circle before falling in the pins, so the spring and the motion of the shooter are fine.  I own 3 antique pachinko machines from this era and I have never heard of a shooter handle getting stuck down. What limits the shooter range is always just wood or metal physically preventing it from going farther, so there is nothing for it to get "stuck" on.

So that means that to get this shot, director Akira Kurosawa must have had a grip load the ball then wait behind the pachinko machine, hold the lever down, and then release it when the woman steps back towards the pachinko machines.

This is an extremely subtle detail, and there is no way it could be accidental.  Has anyone else noticed this detail before?  Kurosawa is a very famous director and his movies have been loved by fans and academics for decades, so perhaps this has been mentioned elsewhere.

I would like to know what people think Kurosawa hoped to convey by making this decision.  I had not noticed this before, so it was working subconsciously in the scene.  Now that I notice it, it certainly does add emphasis to the scene.

Let's end with looking at the other pachinko machines we see.  Over her right shoulder is a pachinko machine that says "BASE BALL" on the front, and in the last frame we see half of another pachinko machine.

 

If you have any pachinko machines that look like these, with a grid of nails, I might be interested in purchasing it.  Please email me at thetastates@gmail.com

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scans: Japan museum catalogues for Gambling, Dice, and Mahjong exhibitions

I bought these 3 catalogues from museum exhibitions in Japan.  They were scanned by Detchibe.

Great overviews of Gambling in general, Dice games, and Mahjong history. 

ギャンブルの歴史展 [Gambling History Exhibition] (600DPI)

 

振れ！振れ！サイコロ展 [Amusement Industry Research Institute 16th Special Exhibition: Shake! Shake! Dice Exhibition] (600DPI)

マージャン魅力展 [Amusement Industry Research Institute 15th Special Exhibition: Mahjong Charm Exhibition] (600DPI)

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Videos part 8

It hasn't been long since the last one, but I have another 3 GB pack of video clips ready to go.  And don't worry, there is still a lot more of these to come.  Prior video posts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and entry 5 onward has a link to one of these ZIP files of movie clips.

These clips were edited by tweakbod, except the "Pinball vs Video Games" video contributed by iTatton‬.  Thank you! 

Here is what is in this collection:

1944 - Hotel Reserve russian billiards scene
1950s - Wales News Archive Llandudno Jukebox Factory Rewind coin-op scene
1952 - No abras nunca esa puerta pinball scene
1955 - Chicago Syndicate coin-op scene
1959 - Un maledetto imbroglio pinball scene
1961 - Night Tide arcade scenes
1964 - La vie à l'envers pinball scenes
1968 - Charlie Bubbles pinball scenes
1970 - Dramma della gelosia AKA The Pizza Triangle pinball scene
1972 - Naked Over The Fence arcade scenes
1973 - The Friends of Eddie Coyle arcade scene
1977 - Damnation Alley coin-op scene
1979 - The Wanderers arcade scenes
1980 - Les sous-doués pinball scenes
1980 - Superman II pinball scenes
1982 - Tron arcade scenes
1982 - Vai avanti tu che mi vien da ridere arcade scene
1986 - The Brotherhood of Justice arcade scene
1986 - Troppo Forte pinball scene
1990s - In A Minute... Pinball vs Video Games
1992 - Taito in Game World (Shinjuku)

There are less entries in the list this time because the incredible footage of Night Tide is a full GB by itself. But once you see it I think you'll be thrilled it was all included.

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and some recent youtube videos...

 

Some extended gameplay footage of a Bingolett machine, courtesy supershotrollerrob

 And supershotrollerrob gives us a tour of his epic gambling gamerooms!

A good talk about arcade raids, a wonderful tradition that more recent arrivals in this hobby might not be familiar with.

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Pachinco Hall Design Competition (2001) by butterfly stroke inc

Found this in a book on Japanese design, and luckily there is a decent version of it on the company's website.  I wish it was a bit higher resolution, but still interesting.

 フィールズ パチンコホールデザインコンペティション (2001)
Pachinco Hall Design Competition
by butterfly stroke inc

love the "super big pachinko" and "hospital pachinko".

Pachinko fight!! Pachinko DJ!

 

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exploring the arcade in 一条さゆり 濡れた欲情 (1972) aka Ichijô Sayuri: Nureta yokujô aka Ichijo's Wet Lust

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