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LEAVE IT TO TINA
Here's a scooter that's bound to attract interest. A Triumph product, known as the ""Tina"", it's definitely got something that the other scooters haven't got, completely automatic transmission. Riding is simplicity itself. No gear...
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TROUBLE ON THE BEACH
The trouble is oil, and every year thousands of birds are killed by the stuff, which is discharged by ships at sea and washed in-shore. They laid on this demonstration at Brighton. The only way to deal with tarry lumps is to remove them,...
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A SCREEN UP YOUR SLEEVE
The good salesman always travels light, but now he's been given something that adds little weight to his baggage, but a great deal to his powers of persuasion! Its the world's most compact portable 8mm film projector, about the size of a...
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JET-PROOF HOTEL
Gillian Taylor last years Miss Great Britain took us round the newly built hotel at London Airport. It has two hundred and eighty bedrooms, eighteen studio rooms, and six suites. A feature common to every room is an electronic control...
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CANADA BOUND
Loaded aboard a cargo ship at London's Royal Victoria Dock, the old steam loco ""Dominion of Canada"", presented by British Rail to a Canadian Railroad Museum. Canada's World Fair, Expo '67, will feature another mechanical marvel from...
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RUNNING OFF THE RAILS
A demonstration of the capabilities of the experimental six seater mono-rail near Paris. 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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TO GROW ON STONY GROUND
A useful device for replacing the lost fertility and re-seeding the barren acres, is the first all - British Hydraulic Feeder to go into production. With this new machine it is possible to spread a carpet of seed mixture in all sorts of...
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SPACE SOMERSAULT INTO HISTORY
Colonel Alexei Leonov makes history 300 miles above the earth. The Russian Cosmonaut's the first man to brave the vacuum of science. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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CUTTING A BREAKTHROUGH
A breakthrough in cutting heavy gauge steel plates which will speed up working time and increase production. Only one operator is needed to supervise the simultaneous cutting operations. It was developed by a firm in Croydon. Disclaimer:...
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PACKA PLASTIC PINTA
Britain is drinking around four million gallons of milk a day. A factory in Mildenhall, Suffolk has found an alternative to the familiar milk bottle. A machine uses a tube of polythene sheet. It fills it with milk and seals off the tubes...
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STEP ON THE GAS
With petrol costing around five shillings a gallon, Mr Harold Bates of Brixham in Devon has found a substitute. He has an apparatus in his workshop which produces methane gas from chicken manure. Mr Bates has converted an ex-army desert...
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KEEPING THE WOLVES FROM THE DOOR
A firm in Scarborough has built a special coach to outwit the wolves who follow Beauty Queens around on their travels. The coach offers comfort as well as air conditioning and TV. The big security feature is the electronic door-closing...
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SUBMARINE ESCAPERS SET DEPTH RECORD
On board the HMS Orpheus, two officers and ten ratings are perfecting a new escape technique, developed by Royal Naval boffins back in Britain. The escaper doesn't have breathing apparatus. He wears a special suit and breathes only the...
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NEW LUNG FOR ""SUBS""
Submarines, notably ships of the big ""A"" Class, have been carrying out special exercises in the Channel. They have been practising with the latest ""Snort"" breathing apparatus which enables a submarine (if required) to remain...
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SHUTTING OUT THE NOISE
The Ministry of Technology has developed a new kind of apparatus which can close windows, therefore cutting down the sound of aircraft noise to a minimum. A microphone is fixed on a roof, which picks up the sound of aircraft taking off...
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SKI WITHOUT FEARS
Alex Lander of Glasgow, has developed a water ski-trainer, which can be fitted with a radio controlled power unit, to bring it back to the landing stage. Its a wonderful invention, designed to give the skier confidence and moral support....
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PUTTING A STOP TO IT
An emergency brake for heavy lorries has been developed in Australia to reduce the risk of brake failure. A twelve tonner travelling at 35 miles an hour can stop in less than forty feet. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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HOVERCRAFT FOR THE STATES
The VA3 Hovercraft is in the news again following an agreement between Vickers and an American company. The VA3 is off to the States at the end of the month for development tests and to show the Americans how the hovercraft principle...
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WINNERS ON WHEELS - SIDEWAYS CAR
A new device has been invented to make parking easier. It can be fitted to almost any car, van or lorry. It consists of two rollers, lowered by hydraulic rollers. The designers claim that 40% more cars could be parked in crowded towns if...
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THE ""COMET""
At the De Havilland factory we see the first four-engined jet air-liner being put through its paces by ""Catseyes"" Cunningham, he chats with Sir Frank Whittle the inventor of the jet engine. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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ZERO ""G""
Our pictures show student pilots at America's Aerospace Research School where Zero G is achieved in a C135 flying classroom which simulates conditions in a space craft. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views...
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DIAL YOUR DRINK
The ""Flag Inn"" at Bolton in Lancashire is the first in the country to introduce the dial-a-drink system. You dial your choice according to its serial number, and this is recorded by the control unit behind the bar which also marks up...
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THE FLYING MATTRESS
The Flying Mattress though its official name is M1 Utility after its designer Marcelle Lobelle. The whole affair only weighing five hundredweight. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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Fire Fighters Test ""Soap-Sud"" Spray
Brigade representatives see demonstration of new flame quelling method at Harrow. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced...