Billiards Champ Entertains (1945)

Unused / unissued material. American newsreel item. Title reads: “Sports Topics of the Day! Reported by Bill Stern, News of the Day“. Intertitle reads: “Cue Magic“. Various shots snooker players / billiards champions Willy Masconie (sp.?) and Ralph Greenleaf demonstrating trick shots for audience of wounded servicemen at Gardner General Hospital, Chicago, United States of America (USA). FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé