1956 · Williams
Red White Blue
Deep cobalt blue sky with pale blue cloud streaks, snow-covered mountain slope, brown wooden ski lodge with lit windows, dark green snow-laden pine trees and groomed cross-country ski tracks.
- Year
- 1956
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- white
- red
- yellow
Fingerprint: RED WHITE BLUE: Three-colour arcing title with each word in different colour, two skiers in foreground lunging forward, ski lodge with lit windows, dark green pines, red-coated figure with tall yellow skis, mountains, slalom flags.
The giant three-colour arcing title RED WHITE BLUE across a bright blue sky, with each word in a different colour. Two parallel tapering score panels rising like ski slalom banners through the middle-right of the snowy scene, one yellow reading MILLIONS over 9 to 1, one dark red counting 900 down to 100. A foreground skier in a mustard cable-knit jumper and blue cap lunging forward beside a companion in mustard-yellow trousers. A red-coated figure seen from behind at bottom left shouldering a pair of tall yellow skis.
Setting
- Deep cobalt blue sky with pale blue cloud streaks
- Snow-covered mountain slope
- Brown wooden ski lodge with lit windows
- Dark green snow-laden pine trees
- Groomed cross-country ski tracks
Symbols
- Slalom course flags on poles (red, yellow, blue)
- Cross-country skis and poles
- Pine trees
- Ski lodge
- Small green door with window on the lodge wall
- Scoring panels shaped like tapering banners
Lettering
- Large curved sans-serif block capitals, red word outlined in white, white word solid, blue word outlined in white with drop shadow; yellow cursive script maker signature above the title
Themes
- Skiing
- Winter sports
- Alpine
- Racing
- Snow
Title on it
- Red white blue
Text on it
- Williams
- RED
- WHITE
- BLUE
- MILLIONS
- 9
- 8
- 7
- 6
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 900
- 800
- 700
- 600
- 500
- 400
- 300
- 200
- 100
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Foreground skier in blue cap, ochre cable-knit sweater, blue trousers, maroon mitts, grey skis, leaning forward mid-stride |
| Woman | Foreground skier beside him in blue jacket, mustard-yellow trousers, white boots, blue scarf, bent forward skiing |
| Other | Red-jacketed figure seen from behind at bottom left, carrying a pair of tall yellow skis upright over the shoulder |
| Man | Mid-distance skier in red top and dark blue trousers poling across the slope |
| Man | Mid-distance skier in brown jacket and blue trousers at right, crouched low on poles |
| Child | Small skier in yellow and dark clothing near the lodge |
| Other | Several tiny background skiers in coloured jackets crossing the snow at left and right |
| Other | Small figure in red and green standing by a green door of the lodge |
Airbrushed 1960s-style winter sports scene under a deep cobalt blue sky streaked with pale blue clouds. Across the top a yellow script signature reads Williams, and the title arcs over the sky in huge block capitals: RED in red with white outline and drop shadow, WHITE in solid white, BLUE in blue with white outline, the whole word curving down at both ends. Below, a snow-covered slope holds a brown wooden ski lodge with lit windows, dark green snow-laden pines, and several tiny figures cross-country skiing in the distance. In the foreground two large stylised skiers dominate: a man in a blue cap, ochre cable-knit sweater, blue trousers and maroon mitts leaning forward on grey skis, and a companion in a blue jacket and mustard-yellow trousers, both mid-stride. Bottom left a red-jacketed figure is seen from behind holding tall yellow skis upright. Red, yellow and blue slalom flags on poles dot the slope. Two tall tapering vertical panels fill the right side: a yellow one headed MILLIONS with outlined numerals 9 to 1, and a dark red one listing 900 down to 100 in yellow and white, each with three small squares beneath.