1951 · Williams
Shoot the Moon
Blue sky with white clouds, green sea with a horizon line, grassy headland with a red lighthouse, distant row of seaside buildings and beach scene with figures standing on grass.
- Year
- 1951
- 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.
Backglass
- blue
- yellow
- red
- teal
Fingerprint: shoot the moon title with smiling crescent moon face with craters at upper left, woman in flowing bright yellow dress with black strapless bodice standing centre, bare-backed man in red shorts with arms flung wide to left, blonde woman in pink top seen from behind with arms raised to far left, red rocket streaking left-to-right with red-white flame trail, red banner with white numerals 1-6 across top
A grinning human-faced crescent moon at the top left, its cratered surface given eyes and a smile, sits beside the title SHOOT the MOON. Three women in beach dress dominate the lower half: one in a bright yellow gown with a black strapless bodice, one bare-backed in red shorts with arms flung wide, and a blonde in a pink top seen from behind. A red rocket with a long red-and-white flame trail streaks across a blue-sky beach scene with a lighthouse. A red banner of large white numerals 1 2 3 4 5 6 runs across the top, with green, yellow and red value ovals scattered beneath it.
Setting
- Blue sky with white clouds
- Green sea with a horizon line
- Grassy headland with a red lighthouse
- Distant row of seaside buildings
- Beach scene with figures standing on grass
Symbols
- Smiling crescent moon
- Red rocket with flame trail
- Green yellow and red value ovals
- Red star shapes on cabinet sides
- Cream cloud shapes
- Red lighthouse
- Red banner of numerals
Lettering
- Bold hand-lettered script title in yellow with black outline and red shadow, arched across the top; large white sans-serif numerals on a solid red banner; small red sans-serif word bonus on an angled red lozenge
Themes
- Moon
- Beach
- Rocket
- Sea
- Romance
- Bonus values
Title on it
- Shoot the moon
Text on it
- SHOOT the MOON
- BONUS
- 123456
- 750 567
- 2830 3250
- 4250 4610
- 5X
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Central figure, dark hair in a curled updo, black strapless bodice with a full flowing bright yellow skirt, standing in profile facing left, one arm bent at the waist |
| Man | Left of centre, bare back and shoulders, short dark hair, red shorts, both arms flung out and up, legs apart in a leaping or dancing pose |
| Woman | Far left, seen from behind, blonde shoulder-length hair, pink strapless top, pale blue full skirt, both arms raised, looking towards the other figures |
| Creature | Anthropomorphic crescent moon at the upper left, pale cream with grey craters, closed crescent eyes and a smiling mouth, tilted against the blue sky |
Photographed at an angle in a domestic room, showing the whole upper cabinet: a brightly painted backglass above a matching playfield, with sea-green side panels below. The backglass is dominated by a red banner across the top carrying large white numerals 1 2 3 4 5 6, and above it a curved yellow-and-black title reading SHOOT the MOON, with a smiling crescent moon face with craters and closed eyes at the upper left. Below the numbers sit scattered coloured ovals — green, yellow and red — printed with bonus values, plus a small 5X oval. The lower half of the glass shows a beach scene: a woman in a flowing yellow dress with a black strapless bodice, dark curled hair, standing centre, facing left; to her left a bare-backed man in red shorts with his arms flung wide, and further left a blonde woman seen from behind in a pink top and pale blue skirt, arms raised. Behind them a red rocket streaks right-to-left trailing red and white flame, with blue sky, white clouds, green sea, a lighthouse and distant buildings. The playfield below repeats the yellow-dress woman, the rocket and ovals in matching colours. Teal cabinet sides carry cream cloud patches and red stars.