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A NEW AMPHIBIAN -
Germany demonstrates amphibian car in Italy. 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 do not...
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MEET THE DIGGERS
At Bishops Stortford, an enterprising inventor has developed a garden fork that takes the back-ache out of digging. Digging with a different purpose in Somerset where a team of archaeologists are burrowing into the mound of Cadbury Hill,...
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FARNBOROUGH - 1966 (Eastman Colour)
Movietone's Colour Report from the twenty fifth Farnborough Show, centres around the engine builders whose product powers not only British aircrafts, but those of many overseas countries. Aviation exports are on the way to setting a new...
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""THE THING""
Students at the East Devon Technical College, have invented a four-wheeled vehicle. It's called ""The Thing"". It's made from old car parts and metal. It's propelled with bicycle pedals and can reach speeds of 30 mph. Disclaimer: British...
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NEW ADVANCE FIGHTS BURN HAZARD
A demonstration of a new emergency treatment - it's a new dressing - a sheet of polyurethane foam which can be cut to any size and applied to any part of the body. It's pre-sterilized to resist bacteria and can be applied by an...
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ON THE RIGHT LINES
It's causing quite a revolution - it's the Mini Shunting Loco, that'll run on the road or rails. It's only powered by a Volkswagen car engine, yet it's able to pull more than three hundred tons. ® Gino Guitiani, an Italian railway...
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""SUBMARINE SURGERY""
A steel walled ""submarine"" is being used for medical surgery. The submarine is a giant pressure chamber at the Western Infirmary in Glasgow. Surgery can be carried out at three times atmospheric pressure. The point of operating under...
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HIGH HAT HOT HOUSE
From Switzerland a new type of hot house. It's vertical and the plants are placed on an escalator which gives each one the same amount of sunlight as its neighbour. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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MILK ROUND GIVES SQUARE DEAL
A new way of delivering milk - a plastic bag, encased in a fibre board box is replacing the old fashioned milk churn. The new packs are disposable, weigh about a third less than a churn and take up less space. ® The personality Milkman...
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GAR WOOD'S NEW BOAT
Gar Wood another veteran has invented what he says will be the design of future liners. The ship having twin hulls, cut through the rollers instead of riding them. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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MEASURING IN THE ROUND
How round is round, and does it matter? Take a billiard ball for instance. You'd think it was perfectly spherical. It looks like it, and feels like it, too. But now measure its surface with a new instrument, developed by Rank Taylor...
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IT'S A STRANGE WORLD
Our pictures show a class being taught the mysteries of yoga, and pupils' ages range from 4 to 70. Try it yourself, yoga can work wonders! ® A strong believer is Miss Sadie Harrison of Manchester, a very young 68. Thanks largely to...
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MOTORING NEWS
This ""Air Car"", seen at a demonstration in New York, evidently works on the same principle as Britain's Hovercraft. ® Or would you rather travel by bath-tub? This is a cast iron 1927 model, with a small engine driving the front wheel....
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PUMP TO PRESERVE
The latest way to store grain - in an inflatable synthetic rubber silo - could be a boon to save waste for the hungry millions around the world. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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LESS NOISE
Demonstrated in London, a new Road Drill that causes far less annoyance through noise. It uses hydraulics instead of a pneumatic compressor. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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REVERSING THE TREND
A new folding bicycle has been designed, with adjustable saddle and handlebars, to make it suitable for men, women or children. It is light in weight and under five feet long when ready for the road. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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PUT A PUNCH IN YOUR SHOPPING
A new supermarket in Wallasey is the first in Britain to introduce a revolutionary shopping system. Beneath every article for sale is a pile of punched cards. Instead of goods, a card is taken. The cards are then handed in, sorted and...
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NEW LIFT FOR EXPORT
In a factory at Leighton Buzzard a new lift has been designed for heavy industries like foundries, shipyards and steelworks. Called a side loader, it has hydraulic legs to support it while lifting its load. It can lift loads of up to...
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YOU CAN'T LICK 'EM
It's been called the most dramatic innovation since the introduction of the Penny Post in 1840. A postage stamp for Sierra Leone shaped like a map of the country with a self adhesive backing that you don't have to lick. Disclaimer:...
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THE MIND MACHINE
A fantastic model showing the working of the human brain is on show at the Royal College of Art in London. Using the apparatus, you can follow the mental process as you see and listen to an opera singer. Disclaimer: British Movietone is...
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WATER SPEED NEWS
Making an attempt on his own water speed record of 76 miles an hour, Christoph von Mayenburg, set up a new world record of 82 miles an hour. The boat which he built himself, is fitted with a Jaguar engine. Disclaimer: British Movietone...
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TURBINE CAR
The ""Shooting Star"" with its plastic body on advanced aero dynamic design, is France's first turbine car. Making its public debut on the Montlhery track near Paris, it went round at over a hundred and twenty. Disclaimer: British...
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FOR OUR FUTURE DEFENCE
British anti-aircraft guided missiles are now on the way. They are to be our defensive weapons of the future, perhaps eventually replacing fighting aircraft altogether. Films have now been released showing phases in the perfecting of...
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MECHANICAL INNOVATIONS FOR INDUSTRY
A 90 Brake-horse-power Diesel provides the motive power for a novel form of transport. A single rail guides the train which runs on an easily constructed road only three foot wide. From Germany, a gigantic shovel-cum-loader, capable of...