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  1. News in Flashes

    Date released
    8 Aug 1938
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    777
    NoS ID
    036102
    Story no
    4 / 7
    Extras
    1 shot list

    Sensational new-type car-brake stops vehicle dead on any surface.

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  2. Design for the Future

    Date released
    6 Aug 1951
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1157
    NoS ID
    017294
    Story no
    7 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Design of the Future?. DESCRIPTION: Introducing the Avro 707B - at Dunsfold, near Guildford. Known as the Flying Triangle, because of its Delta wing formation. It is an experimental...

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  3. Blasting... With The Brake On!

    Date released
    19 Aug 1929
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1921
    NoS ID
    386833
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: New Jersey’s 4,000 ton chimney stack brought down by the use of dynamite. Filmed in slow motion.

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  4. Lifeboat Christmas Trip

    Date released
    23 Dec 1937
    Series name
    Pathe Super Sound Gazette
    Issue no
    37/102
    NoS ID
    095523
    Story no
    5 / 13
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Ramsgate lifeboat takes Christmas fare out to Brake Lightship.

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  5. Bugatti Model Car

    Date released
    6 Aug 1970
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2148A
    NoS ID
    028422
    Story no
    2 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bugatti Model Car. DESCRIPTION: A British firm specialising in the manufacture of miniature veteran racing cars has cornered the market in Australia. Youngsters can enjoy the thrills of...

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  6. Junior Car Trials at Brooklands. The Brake Efficiency Test. The Cars Have to Pull Up at the Line on a Very Steep Gradient

    Date released
    7 Oct 1920
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    996
    NoS ID
    078109
    Story no
    4 / 6

    Car tested on hill; test in progress.

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  7. Jets Boost Biggest Bomber

    Date released
    3 Feb 1949
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1871
    NoS ID
    041503
    Story no
    1 / 8

    Portable jet units fit into latest US bomber to assist take-off. Parachute released from tail on landings acts as highly effective brake.

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  8. Air and Land - The Quest for Safety (22 Feet)

    Date released
    26 May 1954
    Series name
    Universal Irish News
    Issue no
    244
    NoS ID
    135249
    Story no
    1 / 9

    Pilot ejector seat (45 feet) Parachute brake (58 feet) Road safety tests (90 feet)

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  9. Materials For Safety: Non Slip Discs

    Date released
    1979
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    239
    NoS ID
    325988
    Story no
    1 / 3

    COI synopsis: New materials are developed for strength, for lightness, for cheapness or to improve industrial processes. But some materials, as we discover this week, are developed purely to increase safety....

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  10. Bluebird at Coniston

    Date released
    29 Sep 1958
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1530
    NoS ID
    022628
    Story no
    5 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bluebird at Coniston. DESCRIPTION: Coniston Water was the choice for Bluebird’s 1958 bid to beat her own record. One innovation is the fitting of a parachute brake in the new tail-fin...

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