1968 · Gottlieb
Elite Guard
Ceremonial parade ground with pale blue and cream arches, green lawn, white border frame with blue vertical stripes at left and right and cream arcade with columns and vaulted arches.
- Year
- 1968
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Made by
- Design
- Ed Krynski
- Art
- Art Stenholm
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- red
- blue
- white
- gold
Fingerprint: elite guard: ELITE GUARD gold serif capitals, scarlet-uniformed guards in black bearskins parading left-right, woman in white bodice and blue trim wearing wide-brimmed crown-trimmed hat, crowd of onlookers in dark coats, gold-and-cream arcade arches, pale blue ground
The most memorable element is the marching line of scarlet-uniformed guards in towering black bearskin caps parading across a pale blue arched arcade. A second eye-catcher is the white-and-blue dressed woman in the exact centre wearing a wide-brimmed hat decorated with a gold crown, framed by the backs of four foreground onlookers. Third, the top banner's gold-on-white block lettering with the small red line BIGLIARDINO ELETTRICO GOTTLIEB beneath it. Finally the bottom band of eleven large red circles on yellow, and a small yellow box at right headed PAGAMENTO.
Setting
- Ceremonial parade ground with pale blue and cream arches
- Green lawn
- White border frame with blue vertical stripes at left and right
- Cream arcade with columns and vaulted arches
Symbols
- Gold crown motif on the central hat
- Gold crest or shield medallion at top centre
- Bugle
- Rifles
- Arches and columns
- Row of red circles on a yellow band
- Mechanical score number windows
Lettering
- Large gold serif block capitals with dark red outline and black drop shadow for the title; small condensed red sans-serif capitals on a white band beneath; cream ribbon lettering in dark capitals below the score windows.
Themes
- Military parade
- Ceremonial guard
- Royals
- Crowd
- Outdoor ceremony
Title on it
- Elite guard
Text on it
- ELITE GUARD
- BIGLIARDINO ELETTRICO GOTTLIEB
- SENZA RIPETIZIONE
- MATCH
- DELLA PARTITA
- PLAYER 1
- 2,7
- 2
- 3
- PAGAMENTO
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Marching guard in scarlet tunic with white belt, blue trousers with yellow side stripe, black shoes, tall black bearskin cap, holding a rifle across his chest |
| Man | Second marching guard in identical scarlet tunic and bearskin cap, mid-stride |
| Man | Third marching guard in scarlet tunic and bearskin, rifle shouldered |
| Man | Fourth marching guard in scarlet tunic and bearskin, rifle at the slope |
| Man | Fifth marching guard at right in scarlet tunic and bearskin |
| Man | Static guard at upper left on a raised platform, bearskin cap, blue sash across chest, red tunic |
| Woman | Central figure in white bodice with blue trim and wide-brimmed hat bearing a gold crown motif, smiling, one hand raised |
| Woman | Bottom-left foreground woman in red hat, pale face, striped blouse with a red bow at the collar |
| Woman | Foreground woman with short red hair seen in profile |
| Man | Foreground man in a brown checked suit, dark hair, seen from behind |
| Woman | Foreground woman in a blue peaked cap and dark jacket, back to viewer |
| Woman | Blonde woman in a white gown seen from behind at right |
| Man | Man at right with brown hair in a bright yellow checked jacket |
| Man | Moustached man at upper right in a dark uniform raising a brass bugle |
| Other | Row of small background onlookers in dark coats, hats and dresses lining the parade route |
A square 1970s-style electro-mechanical backglass with a wide white border and a painted scene inside, photographed on a dark wooden cabinet. Across the top, on a white band, large gold serif capitals with red shading read ELITE GUARD, and beneath in small red capitals BIGLIARDINO ELETTRICO GOTTLIEB. The scene shows a ceremonial guard parade on a green parade ground: a line of tall guards in scarlet tunics, blue trousers with yellow side-stripe, black shoes and towering black bearskin caps march left-to-right past a pale blue-and-cream arcade of arches; behind them stand a crowd of onlookers in dark coats and hats, and at the far left a static guard in bearskin and sash stands on a raised platform under a gabled roof. In the centre mid-ground a woman in a white bodice and blue trim, wearing a wide-brimmed hat trimmed with a gold crown motif, faces the viewer and raises one hand; she is flanked by foreground figures seen mostly from behind: a man in a brown checked suit, a woman in a red hat and striped dress at bottom left with a red bow at her collar, a woman in a blue cap, a blonde woman in a white gown, and a blonde man in a bright yellow checked jacket at right. A moustached man at the upper right raises a brass bugle. Below the scene, a white panel carries four mechanical score windows showing 2,7 2 3, and beneath that a cream ribbon reads SENZA RIPETIZIONE - MATCH - DELLA PARTITA, above a row of eleven red circles on a yellow band.