Summary

Footage Information

British Pathé
SIGNATURES (issue title - SIGN PLEASE)
Note: Probably filmed in the Pathe Studio.

M/S of man in suit smoking cigarette. He signs an autograph and hands it over to a young school boy. The boy reads the signature and says "....I though it was Jimmy Cagney". He rips out the page and throws it away in disgust. C/U of hand opening autograph book. A message inside reads: "BY HOOK OR BY CROOK I'LL BE THE LAST IN THE BOOK". C/U of word scribbled out and new message underneath. C/U of hand writing the name Joe Noble on piece of paper. The paper is folded before the ink in dry. It is reopened and now resembles a beetle.

Re-enactment of Queen Ysabella of Spain selling her jewels so that Christopher Columbus would have enough money to build a fleet of ships. C/Us flicking through he pages of Joe Noble's autograph book which includes names such as Edward Terry, Mark Sheridan and Charles Coburn. M/S of piece of paper from the British Museum which includes the signatures of Bismarck, Napoleon and Charles Dickens. Re-enactment story about the young lordship who found the devils footprints on his doorstep on Christmas morning in 1855. Diagrammatical shots of the hoof prints in the snow and a C/U of the prints. Intertitle reads: "Adolf Hitler". The letter move around and jumble up to form a new word "Heil Rat".
British Pathe
1943
00:02:11:00
Black & White
Sound
1560.26

Keywords

Jimmy Cagney James Cagney film industry personalities autographs quirky animations cartoon artists Joe Noble Queen Ysaballa of Spain Christopher Columbus Edward Terry Mark Sheridan Charles Coburn actors British Museum Bismarck Napoleon Charles Dickens Adolf Hitler jokes
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