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BINGOSCOPE 9.5MM FILM CATALOGUE

These little 15 foot silent 9.5mm films, supplied unspooled in little green or red boxes labelled 'Pathescope 9.5mm safety film for Bingoscope' (or 'Bing British'), had no titles, but a number & title were hand-written on the leader and trailer. Most seem to be short extracts from Pathescope 9.5mm releases. Closer inspection reveals that some of these titles were contact printed on 9.5mm Pathé camera stock, however at least three of my 'Bing British' examples appear to be standard Pathescope triple prints. From the duplicate numbering it would appear there may have been more than one series of these titles, maybe one in the red box labelled 'for use with Bing British safety cinemas' , another red boxed 'Bing British', the other green boxed - 'for use with Bingoscope safety cinemas' etc.

Although it is obvious that Pathéscope printed these short extracts for use with toy 9.5mm projectors, the titles were never mentioned in Pathéscope sales literature or the Pathescope Monthly magazine. No doubt they were destined for toy shops.

I have listed brief plot details for copies in my collection. Educated guesses as to each film's origin are appended, but I would be pleased to have any additions/comments/corrections.

I would love to hear of any other titles in this series, and would also like to purchase titles not in my collection.
Grahame Newnham :- presto @ pathefilm.freeserve.co.uk (remove spaces for correct e-mail address)

9.5mm 15ft PATHESCOPE SHORTS FOR BINGSCOPE, BING BRITISH ETC.
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Number Title Subject Probable Source DD/MM/YY
1 HOT DOG Mickey Mouse cartoon - THE KARNIVAL KID US 31/07/29
Mickey gives Minnie a hot dog to eat but the sausage jumps out and runs away.
Mickey pulls down the sausage's trousers and gives him a good spanking
* 1 JIBBING GEE GEES Mickey Mouse cartoon - TWO GUN MICKEY US 15/12/34
Mickey in cowboy boots & hat is in wagon pulled by two horses. Mickey tries to
get them to go through a large puddle. He loses his grip and falls into the puddle.
This scene (at start of film) is almost entirely missing from the Pathescope 9.5mm
200ft "Mickey Out West" version.
1 ? SLEEPY CHARLIE Chaplin comedy - ("The Fireman"?) US

* 2 BB SNUB'S BREAKFAST Snub Pollard comedy - IT'S A GIFT US 14/10/23
A snippet from the funniest of the Snub Pollard comedies. Snub is in bed using
his classic inventions to get his breakfast etc. There are two short illustrated
intertitles probably from the Pathescope notched "It's A Gift" version - "Cocette
has been well trained and always gives her master entire satisfaction" & "Snub's
inventiveness certainly solves the servant problem".
* 2 BI IMPRESSARIO MICKEY Mickey Mouse cartoon

    2     MICKEY MILKS THE COW      Mickey Mouse cartoon - THE PLOW BOY         US 28/06/29
           CU up of teeth spitting. Mickey is milking cow who licks him. Mickey squirts cow
           with milk from udder; cow licks again, Mickey ties cow's tongue around its head
  * 3 BI  DEAR LITTLE DUCK          Pluto cartoon        - MICKEY PLAYS PAPA    US 29/09/34
           Pluto in house by armchair. He is chased by a wind-up toy duck, then jumps on
           it and hides under the chair. Initial armchair shot not in Pathescope 9.5mm 
           200ft "Come To Papa Mickey" version.
    3     MICKEY'S SHOW             Mickey Mouse cartoon - THE OP'RY HOUSE      US 20/03/29
           Snake in vase turns out to be animal's tail.  Another character does a dance.
    4     JUST BUBBLES              Mickey Mouse cartoon - THE OP'RY HOUSE      US 20/03/29
           Mouse type animal playing tuba type instrument produces bubbles. When he spots
           another animal bursting the bubbles with a pin he opens the vent and soaks him.
  * 4 BI  BOWL THEM OVER            Mickey Mouse cartoon

  * 5 BI  THE HELPING HAND          Mickey Mouse cartoon - GULLIVER MICKEY      US 19/05/34
           Mickey, in a rough sea, is being thrown from wave to wave. Eventually a wave
           like a hand throws Mickey ashore.
    5     MICKEY MAKES A GETAWAY    Mickey Mouse cartoon - THE MAIL PILOT ?     US 13/05/33
           Mickey has just fired a cork gun at helmeted villain who is frothing at the mouth. 
           Mickey comes up behind villain with a mouse trap and catches villain's tail.
    6     BIG BOY GET IN            Mickey Mouse cartoon - THE OP'RY HOUSE      US 20/03/29
           Mickey, outside ticket office, has trouble getting fat punter through entrance.
           Eventually uses pin when the fat punter deflates.
  * 6 BI  OVER THE ROLLING WAVES    Mickey Mouse cartoon - GULLIVER MICKEY      US 19/05/34
           Mickey in his easy chair, watches the kids pretending to row along in a wooden
           bucket.  He ducks under the carpet like a wave and overturns them.
  * 7 BI  BUZZING ABOUT             Mickey Nouse cartoon

    7     THE THEME SONG            Mickey Mouse cartoon

    7     OUR GANG                  Our Gang comedy      - SUNDOWN LTD ?        US

  * 8     PLOUGH MICKEY PLOUGH      Mickey Mouse cartoon - THE PLOW BOY         US 28/06/29
           Mickey bumps into rocks as he and his plough are dragged along by a runaway
           Horace Horsecollar.  Suddenly the plough breaks up and showers Mickey with bits. 
  * 8     THE COW INTERUPTS         Mickey Mouse cartoon - THE BARNYARD CONCERT US 05/04/30
           Mickey, stood on a soap box in the farmyard, tries to conduct his animal band.
           He has problems with the cow and ties her tail to a bucket of water which ends
           up all over Mickey's head.
    9     WASP STING                Mickey Mouse cartoon - THE PLOW BOY ?       US 28/06/29

   10     BY THE SEA                Mickey Mouse cartoon

  *10 BI  SEE BLUTO                 Popeye cartoon

*11 BI BETWEEN TWO FIRES Popeye cartoon
Popeye and Bluto are sitting either side of Olive Oyl on a sofa. Bluto offers
Olive a box of chocolates. As Olive takes one, Popeye and Bluto attempt to
punch each other but only succeed in both punching Olive.
*11 SUM??? MEA??? Tailoring comedy - WALTER'S WORRIES ? GB ??/??/26
Fat man in check waistcoat being measured in tailors. Another customer gets
hooked to the tape measure giving a waist measurement of 5 yds.
*11 THE SONGSTER Mickey Mouse cartoon - THE KARNIVAL KID ? US 31/07/29
Mickey with two friends, tries to serenade Minnie (who is in a hot-dog? van)
in the moonlight. An annoyed onlooker throws missiles which they manage to
dodge until all three singers are laid out cold.
*13 THE TRAIN SMASH Railway drama - THE WRECKER ? GB ??/12/28
Shots of rails, engine csb, shot through passenger coach window, gauges in cab,
driver looks out, brakes applied, train smash. Looks like style of "The Wrecker"
but not all shots seem to appear in 9.5mm print....
*18 BB CATCHING THE TRAMP Our Gang comedy - THE COBBLER ? US 18/02/23
Our Gang on a farm chase a tramp around a haystack. There are two frames of the
safety film triangle at the start.
*22 FELIX LOSES HIS LOVE Felix cartoon - FELIX IN LOVE ? US 01/06/22
Felix makes up to a lady cat, but when he goes for roses, she goes off in a car
with Baron Bob. (Contains short titles in verse) from 9.5mm "Felix Falls in Love"?
*24 BB THE CHEESE Chaplin comedy - THE COUNT US 04/09/16
The cook is giving Charlie a quick snack in the kitchen but he hides in the
'dumb waiter' when her policeman admirer turns up. Charlie's boss also arrives but
by the front door. Finally the policeman ends up in the laundry basket. One short
intertitle - "Snippet never missed the chance of a free meal".
*27 TRIALS OF A CONDUCTOR Paul Parrott comedy - TAKE NEXT CAR US 30/07/22
Paul Parrott has problems with a child whilst driving a tramcar. (from the 9.5mm
3G.10405 "Conductor Paul")
*28 JOHN THE BRAVE Children's comedy - OUR GANG US 05/11/22
Actual title on film leader is "Jonh the Brave"! Young boy and girl with dog;
later boy picks up something from the sea, little girl says "Oh thank you, Jimmy.
You've saved my only child"
*30 WALTER THE NURSE MAID Walter Ford comedy - WALTER'S DAY OUT ? GB ??/??/26
Walter Ford rests child on a pram which lady promptly pushes off. He catches
up and grabs the child but another lady gives chase thinking he has stolen it.

? CHARLIE ON HOLIDAY

  *  ?    THE FIREWORK    (This one actually has a very short printed title)

     ?    THE HAIR RESTORER

     ?    LANDING THE BALLOON

     ?    THE LION HUNT

     ?    LONG MAY HE REIGN      Interest
           George V1 coronation - actually 25ft but may be part of this series

  *  ?    MICKEY THE ??????

     ?    POPEYE'S SLIPPERY WORK

(* asterix means copy in gln 9.5mm collection / BI means Bingoscope box / BB Bing British box)

       9.5mm 10ft PATHESCOPE SHORTS FOR RAY ETC.
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          THE LAST CRUSADE
          THE LOVE GAME
          THE WONDERFUL LAMP


(An * asterix means a copy is in gln 9.5mm collection)


tinyfilm/gln/21.04.2003
updated with 6 titles from Paul Scott collection 02.05.2005
three new titles "Snub's Breakfast"; "Catching the Tramp"; "The Cheese" added
 - thanks to Miss Mira Curtis 25.01.2007

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