Spooks! The Scientific Staff “Calls Up“ Some Weird And Assorted Spectres (1930)

Strange black shape appears at the bottom of the frame then seems to grow with specks of black rising into the frame. The strange shape undulates - rather like wax rising in a lava lamp. “Exhibit ’A’“ Another strange shape emerges. “Exhibit ’B’“ This time the shape looks more like ink moving through water. It emerges in puffs. “Exhibit ’C’“ More strange shapes appear. “The Secret - just chemical fun with dyes and water - “ C/U of a jam jar full of clear liquid. Man’s hand enters shot and drops some black powder into the jar. Film ends. Was an item in Pathe Pictorial issue number 639. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-