1955 · Williams
Smoke Signal
Mustard-yellow sky with radiating sunburst rays, low yellow setting sun on the horizon, green hills and pine trees at centre distance, dark jagged rock outcrops framing left and right edges, orange-and-white campfire in the lower centre and stylised blue-green cartoon clouds.
- Year
- 1955
- 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
- yellow
- blue
- red
- green
Fingerprint: Smoke Signal, boy scout in tan campaign hat and red neckerchief striding at left, two scouts huddled beneath enormous pale green parasol at right beside cream dog and campfire, descending column of numerals 9 down to 1 along black rock face, yellow word MISSIONS at lower left, flat cartoon mustard-yellow sky with sunburst rays
The most memorable element is the pair of scouts huddled beneath an enormous pale green parasol on the right, beside a tiny campfire with a cream dog. A grinning boy scout in a campaign hat, red neckerchief and blue shorts strides across the left of centre with hands on hips. A descending column of oversized numerals 9 down to 1 runs down the black rock face at the left edge, ending in the yellow word MISSIONS. The whole scene is set against a flat mustard-yellow sky with radiating sunburst rays and cartoon blue-green clouds, with the title in huge cream block letters with red outline.
Setting
- Mustard-yellow sky with radiating sunburst rays
- Low yellow setting sun on the horizon
- Green hills and pine trees at centre distance
- Dark jagged rock outcrops framing left and right edges
- Orange-and-white campfire in the lower centre
- Stylised blue-green cartoon clouds
Symbols
- Large parasol
- Campfire
- Campaign hat
- Neckerchief
- Sunburst rays
- Three white value pips under each top number box
- Descending numeral column 9-1
Lettering
- Small gold cursive script word above the title; main title in very large cream/white rounded sans-serif block capitals with red outline and thin dark shadow, curved slightly, stacked on two lines
Themes
- Scouting
- Camping
- Countryside
- Signal fire
- Youth group
Title on it
- Smoke signal
Text on it
- Williams
- SMOKE
- SIGNAL
- 100
- 200
- 300
- 400
- 500
- 600
- 700
- 800
- 900
- 10 000
- 9
- 8
- 7
- 6
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- MISSIONS
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Child | Smiling blond boy scout, wide-brimmed tan campaign hat, red neckerchief, tan shirt, blue-grey shorts, boots, belt, hands on hips, striding forward, left of centre |
| Child | Scout in yellow shirt and blue shorts kneeling at centre-right, holding the pole of a large pale green parasol |
| Child | Second scout in yellow shirt and blue shorts crouched low beside the campfire at centre-right, partially hidden by the parasol |
| Animal | Small cream/white dog sitting upright beside the campfire at centre-right |
Illustrated backglass with a mustard-yellow sky filling most of the panel, pale sunburst rays radiating from a low yellow sun on the horizon at centre. A row of nine rounded rectangular value boxes runs across the top edge, coloured orange, orange-red, red, brown, olive, blue, maroon, red and orange, lettered 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 in pale numerals, each box with three small white pips beneath the number. Flat blue-green cartoon clouds are scattered across the sky. Left of centre stands a smiling blond boy scout in a wide-brimmed tan campaign hat, red neckerchief, tan shirt, blue-grey shorts, boots and a belt, hands on hips, mid-stride. Beside him kneel two scouts in yellow shirts and blue shorts under a huge pale green parasol; one holds the pole, the other crouches by a small orange-and-white campfire with a cream-coloured dog sitting beside it. Dark jagged rock formations frame both edges, with a vertical run of large numerals 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 down the left rock face and the word MISSIONS in yellow at the lower left. A small banner reads 10 000 at mid-left.