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  1. A New Invention. A Potato Planter That Saves Time and Money

    Date released
    20 May 1918
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    747
    NoS ID
    077165
    Story no
    2 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip

    2 farmhands demonstrate potato planter with twin seats. Drawn by a horse.

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  2. Gold Beaters Threatened by New Invention

    Date released
    16 Nov 1936
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    597
    NoS ID
    034837
    Story no
    2 / 6

    4,000 year old hand craft may give way to machine. First innovation since Bible times.

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  3. The Electric Umpire

    Date released
    25 Feb 1935
    Series name
    Pathetone Weekly
    Issue no
    257
    NoS ID
    123215
    Story no
    1 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    By this new invention, fencing can be judged without possiblity of error, ... two lights ar numbered with those of the fencers, and contact with the hilt of the foil puts out the loser’s light.

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  4. Hoverbed Cure

    Date released
    18 Jun 1967
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    67/49
    NoS ID
    112633
    Story no
    5 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip

    A new invention demonstrated at a London hospital the hover bed is a brilliant aid to the comfort and recovery of burn victims.

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  5. Gas Gun Makes Gangsters Weep, Bankers Laugh

    Date released
    8 Nov 1937
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    699
    NoS ID
    035547
    Story no
    3 / 8
    Extras
    1 shot list

    New invention promises safety to banks. Machine-gun quickly renders raiders helpless.

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  6. The Rocket ‘Plane Coming!

    Date released
    17 Nov 1932
    Series name
    Pathe Super Gazette
    Issue no
    32/92
    NoS ID
    090250
    Story no
    1 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Revolutionary German invention reaches 2,500 feet where its planes unfold - and then, in a series of spirals, lands where it started from - in successful first trials.

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  7. MUSICAL MESMERISM

    Date released
    12 Dec 1927
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1745
    NoS ID
    384696
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: Professor L. Theremin of Leningrad comes to London to demonstrate new valve invention producing music by hand-capacity effects.

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  8. News in Flashes: Stop Press: Talking Traffic Lights

    Date released
    17 Jan 1949
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1866
    NoS ID
    041467
    Story no
    3 / 8

    Latest safety invention is speaking device coupled with traffic lights to warn pedestrians at crossings.

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  9. Steam Torpedo Sinks U-Boat

    Date released
    25 Nov 1946
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1642
    NoS ID
    040317
    Story no
    4 / 7

    Americans try out wartime invention by disposing of U-boat.

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  10. A Kerb That Curbs

    Date released
    29 Aug 1957
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1473A
    NoS ID
    021890
    Story no
    3 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Safety Kerb Demonstration. DESCRIPTION: A new safety kerb was recently demonstrated in Melbourne. A Danish invention consisting of reinforced concrete sections erected on well buried...

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