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TIMBER TOPICS
An experimental machine, developed by the Forest Products Research Laboratory uses an electro-mechanical device to measure the volume of timber planks. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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DESIGN FOR SHORT CIRCUITS!
A new electric car for short journeys in the congested streets of cities. It has a top speed of 35 miles an hour, is under four feet wide and can carry two people in reasonable comfort for only a farthing a mile. It will cost about 300...
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SPORT - CRICKET - PORTABLE PITCH
At Ashford, Middlesex, well known cricketers try out a new cricket pitch of pre-cast concrete. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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""TIN OPENER"" TO SAVE LIVES
A new device for saving lives in crashed cars, has been invented. It is a two ton van equipped with an air compressor and a range of pneumatic cutting tools that can cut the roof off a car in fifty seconds. Disclaimer: British Movietone...
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DENTAL HEALTH - ON TAP?
There seems to be some doubt as to whether the introduction of fluoride into our water supply is altogether beneficial to our dental health. Authoress Barbara Cartland is one of the most militant critics. She is offering bottles and...
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""L's"" DELIGHT
A Sussex engineer has invented a machine to teach people to drive before they enter a real vehicle. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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ATLAS BLOWS UP
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Invention:
New freak car might be used for more than one purpose. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy and...
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DECORATE - AND KEEP WARM
A paint containing carbon particles which makes an excellent conductor of electricity, developed by the National Coal Board. The paint is heated by passing an electric current through it, and can be covered with an insulated decorative...
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MODEL MOVIES MAKE NEWS
Radio controlled model gliders fitted with movie cameras are used to take mapping photographs of archaeological sites. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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MEDICAL BRA
The ""Monitron"" popularly known as the ""Medical Bra"" registers the temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure. The nurse has an instant visual check on a patient's condition while, if it deteriorates, a robot brain will...
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INVENTION WITH INTENTION
An ironing board under a table top was one item at the Inventor's Exhibition in Brussels. Various other household inventions are shown. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
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THAMES FISHING - MUTE
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A STRANGE INVENTION
From Lexington, Massachusetts, comes a bright idea. With compressed air, water, tubing and a few sprinklers (someone has discovered) you can make snow! Here in Britain (as you may have noticed) quite a lot of snow has been made recently...
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YEAR-ROUND SKI SLOPE
Above the city of Lyons in France, a ski-lift takes you to the top of the largest artificial ski-run in the world. The surface of matting has an obvious advantage. Once it is laid it needs no further treatment at all. Also, they can...
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FLYING TIMBER
A British company is developing a new technique to help the Lumbermen of Canada - a balloon to fly the timber from the forests. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video...
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MOTOR CYCLISTS CRASH
Racing motor-cyclists at Guildford, New Hampshire have been trying out special steel shoes designed to help with cornering. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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FEMININE INTEREST
Beauty is the feature of a water-lily farm in Melbourne, however beautiful the blooms, it's the farm workers who steal the picture. From Florida, a new invention - submersible lorry with female hitch-hikers under water. Disclaimer:...
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MAIN LINE JUGGERNAUT
A ""double-bottom"" articulated lorry combination demonstrated by 'Motor Transport'. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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INVENTION
CAR SAFETY DEVICE - A thoughtful Frenchman has invented a steering wheel that gives way and a windshield that falls forward, when a bad crash occurs. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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PRESENT INVENTIONS
Some of these unusual French gadgets could make surprising presents. But they've been thought up more by design than by accident. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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INFLATABLE SWIMMING COSTUME
Invented by a lifeguard - a new inflatable swimming costume gives exercise, therapy and most of all confidence to handicapped children learning to swim. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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RAILWAYS OF THE FUTURE?
In California they are testing a supersonic rocket car which runs on rails. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
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THE CHANGE-OVER
The change over from war to peace production has begun. In America materials like flexiglass, perspex and so on are already finding their way into homes. At a Mosquito Factory in Walthamstow they are switching from planes to making...