The Mexican Hat Trick: Film Made by Children of Maudsley Children's Ward
Standard 8mm film Colour Sound c.1972 11:51
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Summary: Opening frame: 'A Rehearsal for the Mexican Hat Trick'.
Title number: 1499
LSA ID: LSA/1993
Description: Shot list: Cast List. Opens with 'Chelsea' football club flying to Mexico. Cuts to a model hot air balloon floating in front of a backdrop; a group of children are in the basket talking and eating fish and chips. Cuts to a storyboard and then back to the hot air balloon landing. Cuts back to storyboard again. Cuts to a cafe with girls in Spanish dress dancing; there is a mouse in the cafe and a number of children in Spanish dress talking. Cuts to the story board again and then on to a close up of a referee; they start a football match. Cuts to a group of children standing round a table with a bandit; it goes to a close up of them mixing something in a small pot; they put the mixture on the table and flatten it down; the storyboard explains that this is a bomb. Cuts back to the football match 'Chelsea vs Mexico'; adults are cheering from the sidelines as the children play football in the Maudsley grounds; one player kicks another in the bum. Cuts to an 'airport' where Chelsea have a cup and are making a speech. Cuts to the mouse hitting the fire alarm to stop the bandits from being able to blow up the team; they all eat fish and chips. Cuts to shots of the staff and the then the children having tea and chatting after they have finished the play.
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