1953 · Williams
Army Navy
Pale blue sky with puffy white clouds, cartoon city skyline of pink, green, yellow and brown towers, yellow stadium grandstand on the right with 'points' in red and small yellow figures, dense multicoloured crowd behind a white stadium rail and green football pitch with white yard lines.
- Year
- 1953
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Made by
- Design
- Harry Williams
- Art
- George Molentin
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- green
- red
- yellow
- blue
Fingerprint: Huge blonde cheerleader bright red top arms thrown straight up beside red-white-blue megaphone, ARMY NAVY fat arched yellow block capitals green field, yellow score panel bulb-studded borders displaying 3240000, dense multicolored crowd band of tiny heads, football pitch with players, dense horizontal stadium scene composition
A huge blonde cheerleader in a bright red top, arms thrown straight up and mouth open, filling the lower right quadrant beside an oversized red, white and blue megaphone. 'ARMY NAVY' in fat arched yellow block capitals with red and black drop-shadow outlines spanning the whole width of the green field. A yellow score panel with bulb-studded red and magenta borders displaying 3,240,000, capped by a red cursive word over a cartoon city skyline. A dense horizontal band of hundreds of tiny multicoloured heads forming the crowd.
Setting
- Pale blue sky with puffy white clouds
- Cartoon city skyline of pink, green, yellow and brown towers
- Yellow stadium grandstand on the right with 'points' in red and small yellow figures
- Dense multicoloured crowd behind a white stadium rail
- Green football pitch with white yard lines
Symbols
- Rowed lightbulb dots framing the score panel
- White yard lines on the field
- Goalpost with crossbar at right
- Red triangular pennant wedge at upper right
- Yellow stadium seating
- Megaphone
Lettering
- Large arched yellow block capitals with red and black drop-shadow outlines for the title; red cursive script word at the top; white spaced capitals on a red bar for score; red capitals for points
Themes
- American football
- Stadium crowd
- Cheerleader
- Military teams
- Score reels
Title on it
- Army navy
Text on it
- Williams
- 3,240,000
- SCORE
- ARMY NAVY
- POINTS
- 65
- 24
- 88
- 34
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Very large blonde cheerleader in the lower right, bright red sleeveless top, both arms thrown straight up above her head, head tilted back, red lips, blue-and-white striped wristbands |
| Other | Oversized red, white and blue striped megaphone at the bottom right corner |
| Man | Purple-shirted figure near centre with white helmet, both arms raised, mouth open |
| Man | Several players in yellow jerseys with purple trim and yellow helmets, one wearing number 34 |
| Man | Several players in tan and light-brown jerseys with brown helmets, one in a diving or tackled pose on the grass |
| Man | Purple jersey marked 65, yellow helmet, mid-stride |
| Man | Yellow jersey marked 24, running |
| Man | Yellow jersey marked 88, small figure near the left-centre of the field |
| Man | Small figure in white at the far right of the field near the sideline |
| Other | Hundreds of tiny multicoloured heads and shoulders forming a continuous crowd band |
Wood-framed backglass with a bright, flat comic-book illustration. A pale blue sky with white clouds and a stylised city skyline of coloured towers spans the top, with a large red cursive word arcing across it. Below sits a yellow score panel bordered in red, magenta and orange with rows of white lightbulb dots, showing '3,240,000' on reel windows above a red bar lettered 'SCORE'. The middle band is a packed multicoloured crowd of hundreds of tiny heads behind a white stadium rail. Below that a green football pitch with white yard lines and scattered brown divots holds roughly a dozen players in tan-and-brown and yellow-and-purple kits, plus one purple-shirted figure with arms raised. The lower right is dominated by a large cheerleader in a bright red top, arms thrown straight up, blonde hair, red lips and blue-and-white wristbands, next to a red-white-and-blue megaphone. 'ARMY NAVY' is lettered in large arched yellow capitals with red and black outlines across the field.