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1952 · Williams

Paratrooper

Open sky with banks of white cloud, yellow-brown open ground and dark blue horizon band.

Year
1952
Maker
Williams
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Backglass lights
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.

Paratrooper backglass

Backglass

  • yellow
  • red
  • blue
  • green

Fingerprint: Scarlet-orange propeller bomber filling upper half with title painted on fuselage, cream striped parachutes and jagged explosion starbursts across blue-cloud sky, six green-uniformed paratroopers running in row at bottom leading to green tank, bright vertical light reflection down top centre

Distinctive

A giant scarlet-orange bomber aircraft that fills the entire upper half of the glass, with the title painted straight onto its fuselage. Beneath it a curtain of striped parachutes and multicoloured jagged explosion starbursts scattered across a blue-and-cloud sky. Along the very bottom, six identical green-uniformed paratroopers run in a row leading the eye to a green tank at the right edge. A bright vertical light reflection runs down the top centre of the glass.

Setting

  • Open sky with banks of white cloud
  • Yellow-brown open ground
  • Dark blue horizon band

Symbols

  • Parachutes
  • Aeroplane
  • Tank
  • Rifles
  • Explosion starbursts
  • Numerals 1-6 as a score counter

Lettering

  • Large slanted blue cursive script title with a white keyline laid over the aircraft fuselage; plain block blue numerals beneath; small white capital letters on a red arrow-shaped ribbon

Themes

  • Military
  • Paratroopers
  • Aircraft
  • Parachute drops
  • War
  • Tank

Title on it

  • Paratrooper

Text on it

  • Paratrooper
  • 123456
  • MILLIONS
Who and what
Kind Description
Vehicle Large scarlet-orange single-propeller bomber aircraft filling the top third, nose and glazed cockpit at the left, long wing and fuselage extending to the right edge, drawn in profile
Man Six paratroopers in a row along the bottom, olive-green uniform and helmet, black boots, each carrying a long rifle diagonally across the body, running to the right with knees raised
Vehicle Green tracked tank at bottom right, only the front hull, barrel and one road wheel visible, cropped by the frame edge
Other At least seven cream parachutes with orange radial stripes and dark harness lines descending at different heights and sizes across the sky
Other Roughly ten jagged starburst explosion shapes scattered through the sky and over the ground in red, purple, orange and yellow, each with a scribbled spiky outline
Other Small white puffy burst shape on the ground just above the right-hand soldiers, like a shell burst
Full description

A square painted backglass panel in a light wooden frame, dominated by a huge scarlet-orange propeller bomber sweeping diagonally from the upper right down to the left across the top third of the glass, its nose and cockpit canopy on the left and its long wings filling the right. Across the plane's flank runs the title 'Paratrooper' in large slanted blue script letters with a white outline, and below it a row of six blue digits 1 2 3 4 5 6, followed by a small red ribbon banner lettered MILLIONS. A yellow script company mark sits in the top left corner. The middle band shows a sky of pale blue and white cloud over mottled yellow-brown ground, with at least seven cream-and-orange striped parachutes descending on dark suspension lines, interspersed with jagged starburst explosions in red, purple, orange and yellow. The bottom strip shows a line of six paratroopers in olive-green uniforms and helmets, rifles held across their bodies, running left to right over ochre sand, and at the far right the front of a green tracked tank with a road wheel and barrel. The art is flat, bold, hand-painted cartoon illustration with heavy black outlines and saturated primaries; the glass shows a bright vertical reflection near the top centre and some scratches.