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MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Rail Giant. DESCRIPTION: The four thousand horsepower Kestrel - the largest single-engined diesel-electric in the world - is starting trials with British Rail. SHOTLIST: (4th Key...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: London’s 1st Bus Driver - Colour. DESCRIPTION: Jill Viner becomes the first woman behind the wheel of a London Transport Bus. SHOTLIST: GV pan being skidded on a skid patch in...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mini-Matic. DESCRIPTION: A preview of the new Minis and Eleven hundreds - one of the most exciting news items before the motor show. No clutch gear changing - with just an accelerator...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: L’s Delight. DESCRIPTION: A Sussex engineer has invented a machine to teach people to drive before they enter a real vehicle. SHOTLIST: Mechanical device for learning to drive. MS...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mechanical Innovations for Industry. DESCRIPTION: 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...
COI synopsis: Production of brake linings from asbestos quarried in East Quebec, Canada.
Describes the operation of 21 different basic mechanisms which are driven from a single motor. These are: gears (spur, level, spiral, epicyclic, worm, rack and pinion), flat and vee belts, roller chain,...
Introduces sheet metal shearing and bending, exploring the many elements necessary for proper execution. Defines ‘knife clearance’, essential for proper shearing, and how it is modified for different...
COI synopsis: An old saying, "The simpler the better"; and most simple things are very efficient and this railway is no exception. A monorail to run on, controls reduced to one simple lever and the...
COI synopsis: Oil, hydraulic and brake-fluid, rubber, fuel, and grit, are the unappetising ingredients of a potentially dangerous layer that builds upon the surface of motorways and airport taxi-areas. A...
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