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Punter and the Bookie, The - Out Takes

Takes us into the betting ring and follows two bookies as they play out their daily war of nerves at the racetrack.
Series : Gamblers, The | Episode : 2 | Year : 1998 | Total Duration : 26 Minutes | Producer : Stefan Moore
Director : Susan Lambert |
Tape 200. Bookie Stewart Davidson and wife Kathryn in car with baby in child restraint in back seat driving through streets and entering gates of Randwick Racecourse after showing security card. Kathryn being interviewed about life as a bookie then Davidson outlining the whole process. VS bookies setting up at rails. VS punters and race guides. Female horse owner being interviewed with betting boards in background. Davidson's father-in-law interviewed. Bookie John Kennedy interviewed.
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Access No. 134433 | 63 mins 18 secs | 1990s | Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 201. Bookie Stewart Davidson and his assistant at betting boards at Randwick Racecourse. VS punters, boards and bookies. VS bookie John Kennedy and interview. VS exchange of money. Punters watching races on screens. Women admiring horse near stables and interview with women. Horses parading around racecourse and camera following women at course. Women are Bookie Davidson's wife and mother, friends(?). Jockey mounting racehorse and punters lining fence. Jockeys and saddles being weighed.
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Access No. 134434 | 61 mins 53 secs | 1990s | Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 202. Bookie John Kennedy and interview with female horse owner after 3rd place win and collecting money at Randwick Racecourse. VS punters and bookie Stewart Davidson at betting board on phone and adjusting odds. Interview with Davidson's assistant. VS Committee meeting and owner and jockey being interviewed by committee then watching tape of race on screen. VS bookies handing out money after race. Interview with Kennedy. End of day at races.
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Access No. 134435 | 54 mins 1 sec | 1990s | Randwick, Sydney; NSW; Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 203. VS following prospective bookie Sean Bartholomew into Sydney Prayer Breakfast in Hilton Hotel. Religious pop singers performing to room full of people at tables. VS meals being served. MP Stephen O'Dougherty introducing National Party MP John Anderson who gives a bible reading. Australian jockey Darren Beadman speaking to group. Audience rising to sing Amazing Grace along with Hillside Band. Bartholomew with family in hotel restaurant and interview with Bartholomew. Interview with Kingsley Bartholomew.
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Access No. 134436 | 56 mins 36 secs | 1990s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 204. Interview with prospective bookie Sean Bartholomew as he drives about his chosen his career path. Arriving at Rosehill racecourse with brother Kingsley. Interview with Bartholomew about his activities after losing his bookmakers license. Interview with bookie Warren Woodcock who employs Bartholomew. VS bookies and punters. Warren Woodcock at betting board making calls. VS bookies taking money.
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Access No. 134437 | 60 mins 25 secs | 1990s | Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 205. VS punters watching race on screen at Rosehill Racecourse. VS prospective bookie Sean Bartholomew at work and watching screens. VS bookies at betting boards. Interview with Bartholomew. Interview with bookie Wayne and VS money changing hands.
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Access No. 134438 | 16 mins 42 secs | 1990s | Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 206. VS bookie John Kennedy leaving his home by car with family and studying horse odds in office of suburban house. Arriving with family to Rosehill Racecourse. Daughter at totalisator interviewed and VS bookies at boards. Interview with Kennedy. Kennedy adjusting betting board. VS other bookies and punters. National anthem being played before race. Race on screen. Interview with assistant calling out places.
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Access No. 134439 | 62 mins 40 secs | 1990s | Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 207. VS bookie John Kennedy at betting board at Rosehill Racecourse. VS punters and bookies dealing with money. CUs totalisator computer. Kennedy watching race on screen then being interviewed. VS and interview with punter in bow tie and panama hat who explains his tactics. GS end of horse race with winner being photographed. Race on screen.
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Access No. 134440 | 57 mins 41 secs | 1990s | Parramatta, Sydney; NSW; Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 208. Interview with older punter at Rosehill Racecourse about horse racing. VS bookie John Kennedy at betting board and on phone. VS punters and shots of punters at TAB. Kennedy's daughter at totalisator computer. Races on screen. Interview with Kennedy. Interview with Kennedy's wife on placing bets. CUs money from betting bags. Interview with Kennedy family members. CU printout coming from totalisator at end of day.
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Access No. 134441 | 60 mins | 1990s | Parramatta, Sydney; NSW; Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 209. VS prospective bookie Sean Bartholomew and brother Kingsley entering Corporate Computer Sales building and having meeting with consultants about creating a website. Interview with Bartholomew. Bartholomews standing in car park smoking and chatting.
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Access No. 134442 | 44 mins 24 secs | 1990s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 210. Ray Murrihy entering Stipendiary Stewards & Handicapping Departments building at Randwick Racecourse and settling into desk in office. Murrihy studying forms and making phone calls. Interview to camera about watchdog role of stewards. Camera following men walking around track with man talking about grass care. VS meeting going through scratchings and other race details.
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Access No. 134443 | 63 mins 17 secs | 1990s | Randwick, Sydney, NSW; Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 211. Stewards meeting at Randwick Racecourse. VS around race track. Steward talking to bookie Stewart Davidson. VS punters and bookies. Both interviewed. Older bookie with money bag. Steward watching race on screen. Stewards watching race and speaking with trainer and jockey.
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Access No. 134444 | 62 mins 12 secs | 1990s | Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 212. VS steward around Randwick Racecourse and climbing lookout tower and watching race with binoculars with other man. Stewards checking and weighing jockeys after race. Stewards in room watching race on screen. Stewards talking to jockey. VS jockeys on horses. VS stewards meetings. VS punters and interview with steward mixing in crowd and talking to aspiring bookie Sean Bartholomew. VS bookies John Kennedy, Bartholomew
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Access No. 134445 | 57 mins 23 secs | 1990s | Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 213. VS stewards in room watching race on screen at Randwick Racecourse then conducting hearing between owners and jockeys of horse trained by Gai Waterhouse and complainants. Stewards climbing watchtower to watch race through binoculars. Various interviews between committee and race participants. VS punters lining fence and jockeys preparing for race.
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Access No. 134454 | 62 mins 38 secs | 1990s | Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 214. Man taking three greyhounds for walks on lead along suburban street then taking them in van to beach near Botany where two men in Speedo swimming trunks take them into the sea still on leads. WS plane landing on nearby Mascot airport airstrip. Owners interviewed on beach with Kernell Oil Refinery in background. WS planes taking off. Older man, Reulof Smilde driving through Glebe streets and on to Randwick and being interviewed about his racing history POV passenger. Arriving at Randwick Racecourse, following man walking past bookie's rail, chatting to another man, in kiosk and looking at form guide. Smilde at buffet in dining room and after eating at betting boards with fellow punters placing bet with bookie John Kennedy.
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Access No. 134455 | 63 mins 41 secs | 1990s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 215. Older punter, Reulof Smilde down escalators to betting area at Randwick Racecourse. Interview with Smilde about the different types of punters and racing in general. VS well dressed punters on balcony overlooking jockeys on horses parading on grass. CUs Smilde in stands looking through binoculars and keeping interviewer informed of winnings. VS punters and bookies including Stewart Davidson and John Kennedy.
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Access No. 134538 | 62 mins 25 secs | 1990s | Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 216. Filmmakers at Randwick Racecourse following fortunes of older punter, Reulof Smilde who discusses the process in interview. Another elderly punter reading form guide through magnifying glass. VS punters and bookies including John Kennedy and Stewart Davidson. Women in large hats. Smilde conferring with Asian women and explaining their information swapping deal to camera. VS watching horse races from stand through binoculars. Smilde at the track watching jockeys on horses.
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Access No. 134540 | 39 mins 21 secs | 1990s | Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 217. VS bookie Warren Woodcock with aspiring bookie Sean Bartholomew at Rosehill Racecourse. Bookies John Kennedy, Larry Hawke and punters. Interview with racing expert Colin Tidy predicting problems in the future re bookmaking. Sky Channel interviewer being filmed giving race tips and interviewing Tidy. Tidy at bookmakers rails adjusting his board. VS betting floor full of bookies and punters. CUs boards.
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Access No. 134541 | 61 mins 52 secs | 1990s | Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 218. VS bookies and punters at Rosehill Racecourse and money changing hands. Bookies John Kennedy and Colin Tidy chatting. Camera following then interviewing young apprentice bookmaker Ashley Johnson. Interview with bookie Henry Noonan. GS electronic scoreboard. Interview with young bookie explaining what the outer ring means and how the pecking order on the track works. Interviews with bookies Stewart Davidson, Colin Tidy and John Kennedy. VS totalisators. Interview with Kennedy's daughter.
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Access No. 134542 | 56 mins 11 secs | 1990s | Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 219. VS punters and bookies at Rosehill Racecourse. Interviews with bookies John Kennedy and Colin Tidy about large bets. Punters and bookies watching race on screen. Kennedy having beer after race. Interview with aspiring bookie Sean Bartholomew. Bookie Warren Woodcock at board calling odds. Woodcock joining punters at track to watch end of greyhound race. VS greyhounds being led away around track on leads by trainers. Dogs at starting gates and racing. WS outside of venue at night.
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Access No. 134543 | 41 mins 11 secs | 1990s | Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 220. VS apprentice bookmakers Ashley Johnson and Sean Bartholomew at Warwick Farm Racecourse. VS rails with bookies at boards. Interview with older bookie contemplating retirement. CUs totalisators, odds boards and twenty dollar notes being counted out. VS bookies John Kennedy and interview with Warren Woodcock. GS men at bar and VS gaming area with lines of poker machines and interview with man playing. VS other gamblers at pokies.
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Access No. 134544 | 49 mins 2 secs | 1990s | Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 221. Apprentice bookie Sean Bartholomew leaving his Coogee home and driving past Bondi Beach and stopping at milk bar, driving along Oxford street POV passenger. Interview with Bartholomew about facing interview for bookmakers license. Tilts up city skyscrapers and POV car into city parking station. VS Bartholomew in office being interviewed by panel. Interview with man, Steve in video room and being interviewed placing bets on the dogs with Warren Woodcock at Randwick Racecourse. Steve on track and being interviewed. VS bookies and boards.
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Access No. 134546 | 62 mins 37 secs | 1990s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 222. VS Warren Woodcock, Sean Bartholomew and other bookies and punters at greyhound races at Randwick Racecourse. Interview with Woodcock at outside track at night. VS rails. Interview with restauranteur punter Carlo La Rossa. VS bookie Colin Tidy, other bookies and boards. Horse races being watched on screens.
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Access No. 134547 | 59 mins 11 secs | 1990s | Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 223. VS punters in bar of Randwick Racecourse. Interview with restauranteur punter Carlo La Rossa and VS outside. CUs punters faces and excitement during Melbourne Cup horse race. Punter laying bet with bookie John Kennedy and watching race on screen then being interviewed. Interviews with John Kennedy. VS punters, bookies, totalisators and odds boards. VS jockeys in front of steward's board and watching start of race on large screen. Jockeys outside room.
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Access No. 134548 | 59 mins | 1990s | Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 224. Jockeys returning to Steward's room after inquiry. VS punters and bookies at Randwick Racecourse. Interview with apprentice bookie Sean Bartholomew followed by interview with John Kennedy about problems on the track. VS punters leaving. GS construction site with VS builders and carpenters putting in new shopfront. Interview with builder seen earlier at track. Builder leaving in ute.
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Access No. 134549 | 18 mins 30 secs | 1990s | Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 225. VS punters and bookies at Randwick Racecourse. CUs bookie E. Conlon writing out tickets. CUs odds boards. Slow-motion horse race on screen. Stewards discussing horse to camera. CUs money changing hands. VS bookie John Kennedy and daughter Shannon at totalisator and board. Interview with daughter.
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Access No. 134550 | 41 mins 17 secs | 1990s | Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 226. Interview with punter Phil Merchant in his home. Man (Arthur Harris?) interviewed in High Value Room with individual booths and video panels. VS different screens showing various racing odds, statistics, races etc. Punter Merchant sitting in pub discussing bets. Interview with Merchant's friend, track worker Darren. Merchant and friends drinking and smoking around table. VS poker machines in pub and CUs races and sport on television screens. Street view of pub.
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Access No. 134551 | 61 mins 47 secs | 1990s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 227. Punter Phil Merchant sitting in pub talking to camera discussing horse racing bets and placing bets at TAB window. Merchant with friends drinking and smoking with pokies in background. VS screens showing races, barmaid behind bar and people playing poker machines. Camera following woman into Randwick Racecourse and VS punters and bookies in Shannon Room. VS bookies Sean Bartholomew, Stewart Davidson and Warren Woodcock. VS around rails and Bartholomew setting up his own board. VS photographer taking photos of Bartholomew at board. Interview with bookie's clerk Tony Peacock who then recites poetry.
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Access No. 134552 | 59 mins 52 secs | 1990s | Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 228. Committee meeting deciding fate of applications for bookmakers licensing. Sean Bartholomew granted license then being told news on phone in his flat. Interview to camera.
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Access No. 134553 | 11 mins 3 secs | 1990s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 229. CUs totalisator computer screen with horses and odds discussed by Shannon Davidson. CU Shannon Davidson talking to camera. CUs numbers being changed on odds boards. VS punters. GS horses coming off track after race. Pan over bookies and punters at rails and bookies clerks with shots of money changing hands. Sean Bartholomew arriving at Sydney Christian Life Centre and watching evangelical baptism video inside with his brother Kingsley. Congregation singing and making charismatic proclamations. Singers on stage.
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Access No. 134554 | 62 mins 43 secs | 1990s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 230. Bookie Sean Bartholomew attending Sydney Christian Life. VS charismatic sermons and congregation. Bartholomew travelling in car to office complex of NSW TRB licensing board and speaking to camera after meeting. Bartholomew and bookie Warren Woodcock in Bartholomew's flat discussing business. Woodcock and Bartholomew leaving in red sports car.
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Access No. 134555 | 43 mins 15 secs | 1990s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 231. Party for newly reinstated bookie Sean Bartholomew with guests smoking and drinking cocktails. CUs new logo for ÔBartholomews of Sydney'. Interviews with Bartholomew, family and friends.
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Access No. 134556 | 27 mins 54 secs | 1990s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 232. VS outside Wyong Race Club and bookie Sean Bartholomew arriving with brother Kingsley then greeting his parents. Interview with Bartholomew as he counts out money and talks of future plans as he prepares for the day. VS bookies and totalisators, odds boards, punters etc. Interview with Bartholomew's mother. VS bank of screens. VS Bartholomew at racecourse as horses race and shots of stands, horses coming off etc. High shot over rails.
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Access No. 134568 | 61 mins 30 secs | 1990s | Wyong, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 233. Sean Bartholomew at odds board at Wyong Race Club taking bets from punters. CUs totalisator computer screens. Bartholomew interviewed. VS Kingsley Bartholomew in crowd. CUs changing numbers on odds board. Three young women kissing their winnings. Interview with Kingsley Bartholomew.
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Access No. 134569 | 63 mins 1 sec | 1990s | Wyong, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 234. Interview with older man in his home office talking about the odds in horse racing and how it works. Man explaining race on video screen pointing out how the jockeys jostle for position and other incidences. CUs various races on video screen.
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Access No. 134570 | 59 mins 58 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 235. Sean Bartholomew and brother Kingsley leaving their flat bound for first Sydney race after regaining license and being interviewed. VS driving through city streets to Randwick Racecourse then entering racecourse and setting up at rails. VS punters and interview with bookie John Kennedy. VS Bartholomew family close by. Interview bookie Warren Woodcock. VS totalisators and odds boards.
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Access No. 134571 | 58 mins 55 secs | 1990s | Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 236. VS bookie Sean Bartholomew at odds board watching races on screen at Randwick Racecourse and brother Kingsley. VS punters, clerks. Interview with Bartholomew's father. Interviews with Bartholomew and Kingsley.
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Access No. 134572 | 49 mins 35 secs | 1990s | Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 237. VS bookie John Kennedy and with daughter Shannon at boards and totalisator at Randwick Racecourse. Kennedy watching races on screens, talking to punters and interviewed. VS punter Carlo La Rossa. Kennedy watching race at track. VS Kennedy working closely with Shannon.
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Access No. 134573 | 49 mins 38 secs | 1990s | Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 238. VS bookie John Kennedy and with daughter Shannon at boards and totalisator at Randwick Racecourse. VS punters and interviews with Kennedy. VS other bookies and electronic odds board. VS rubbish after day of racing.
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Access No. 134574 | 42 mins 50 secs | 1990s | Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 239. VS around Randwick Racecourse track and jockeys being led onto track and VS horses being readied. Start of races with horses at and leaving starting gate from various angles and VS jockeys riding horses before and after and during races. CUs jockeys and VS punters lining fences.
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Access No. 134575 | 37 mins 45 secs | 1990s | Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Tape 250. VS racing stewards in meeting discussing business and watching video and discussion with jockeys involved.
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Access No. 134576 | 12 mins | 1990s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
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