It was not a pool table if it only had 4 pockets if it was made since about 1800. A 4 pocket table is most likely a bumper pool table.
There are many pool games that can be played on a pool table. Some pool table games include eight-ball, nine-ball, three-ball, one-pocket, and bank pool.
It is not a pool table if it only has 4 pockets. If the table is from the 1700's, it could be an antique pocket billiards table.
There are no pool tables that actually measure 4 foot by 8 foot. This appears to be a child's math question rather than a pool table question. The playable surface of an 8x4 pool table measures 88 inches by 44 inches. The back edge of the pocket is not a critical measurement on the table. There is no "top pocket". So, the distance from the farthest outside edge of the foot (the top) right pocket to the farthest outside edge of the bottom (the head) right pocket is 88 inches.
The major reason people have their own pool table is to be able to play the game at their leisure. Having your own pool table is the most efficient, and in the long run the cheapest, way to practice.
Put your hand down its pocket and tickle its balls.
In straight pool, it is easy to get a score of 128 on the pocket billiards table.
Pocket Pool happened in 2007.
The Bally pool tables were being made or sold from 1945 to 1963. There is nothing significant to make them more valuable than any other good slate pool table of the era.
Pocket billiards ("pool") tables have pockets. Carom billiards tables do not. Apparently the table in the video is a carom billiards table. Whether this was a specific choice or whether it just happened to be handy I don't know.
It's a pool or snooker term; it means that one of the players is attempting to pocket all of the remaining balls on the table to win the game.
One slang term for a pool is a cement pond.