Magic For You Beware Other Colour Pics Share This Title (1960)

One of a series showing the secrets of magic tricks. C, U of magician Alan Alan with a cigarette in his mouth. He takes a handkerchief from his top jacket pocket, unfolds it and starts to wrap a coin (half a crown) in the centre of it. C, Us of AA taking the cigarette out of his mouth and the handkerchief wrapped round the coin. He then holds the lighted cigarette end against the wrapped coin, removing it to brush away some loose ash and show that it hasn t burnt a hole, then repeats the process. The commentator says The linen doesn t smoulder because the coin behind absorbs the heat naturally you re not supposed to show the coin. AA unwraps the handkerchief to show the undamaged coin. C, U of Maria Lennard, his assistant (or pupil ) smiling and looking impressed. C, U of set up for the next trick: two matchsticks leaning against each other at the ignition end, on top of a matchbox, the matchstick on the right has a sixpence beneath it. The trick is to remove the sixpence without touching any