The Tote To Be Legalised (1927)

Item title reads: The tote to be legalised. Exclusive pictures taken specially for Pathe Gazette of great interest, in view of betting tax controversy of the wonderful electrical Totalisator in use on Australian Sydney, Australia C, U full screen view of the tote result indicator board, showing numbers on a wooden fascia. An employee is seen entering a cubicle and operating a numbered ticket punch. C, U of hands as he works he passes a ticket to a punter through a window. Intertitle reads: Human error is eliminated error is impossible. It is impossible to back a non C, U of complex machinery for recording the results of races, with a series of cogs and numbered wheels and moving parts. M, S of the race meeting with crowds. Male and female race goers are seen collecting, placing and winning bets at the betting windows. Note : The complex machine looks like some horrible mechanical insect with lots of arms. FILM ID:674. 1 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR