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  1. News in a Flash!

    Date released
    3 Mar 1949
    Series name
    Universal News
    Issue no
    1944
    NoS ID
    150529
    Story no
    4 / 6

    Automatic starting device for sprinters at Madison Square Garden.

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  2. Look - No Hands

    Date released
    7 Sep 1964
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1840
    NoS ID
    025665
    Story no
    1 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Look - No Hands!. DESCRIPTION: The first jet airliner designed for fully automatic landings is the Trident. When the new device is switched on, it can do everything that a pilot can do...

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  3. New Life Saving Device. The Boonzaier Automatic Coupling Which Obviated Shunters Risks, Tested at Clapham Junction L&SW Railway.

    Date released
    14 Mar 1921
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1041
    NoS ID
    078308
    Story no
    2 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    SHOTLIST: Coupling attached to railway wagon.

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  4. Automatic Signal System is Tested

    Date released
    26 Mar 1931
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    94A
    NoS ID
    002922
    Story no
    1 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Automatic Signal System Is Tested. DESCRIPTION: Great Western Railway sponsor new railway device, to reconcile fast service with safety first. SHOTLIST: CU of driver in cabin talking...

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  5. Automatic Car Parking

    Date released
    29 Sep 1968
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    68/79
    NoS ID
    113274
    Story no
    4 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip

    A British company markets a new device for doubling the capacity of any car park with a one-over, one-under lift system.

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  6. Line Overload Indicator

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    69
    NoS ID
    351134
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: When lightning strikes electricity power lines and there’s black-out, this neat, automatic device immediately helps to pinpoint the break, saving hours of frustrating checking.

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  7. Gobblers!

    Date released
    10 Dec 1931
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    549
    NoS ID
    332878
    Story no
    2 / 4

    British Pathe synopsis: "Filmed at Great Kingshill High Wycombe." Introductory intertitle reads: "Nature’s prize walking comedians - nearest rivals to the penguin -" L/Ss of ducks running along in a field....

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  8. Luxury Bed

    Date released
    2 Mar 1959
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    218
    NoS ID
    120690
    Story no
    2 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: Introducing a bed which is a real layabout’s paradise - a bedside control panel enables you to draw the curtains, turn on the matress heaters, switch off the lights and turn on the portable...

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  9. Autoland

    Date released
    23 May 1968
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2033A
    NoS ID
    027393
    Story no
    6 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Autoland Automatic Landing Device. DESCRIPTION: A major advance in flight schedules and safety for BOAC. Unknown to the passengers of a VC10, they’ve just landed at London Airport on...

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  10. Line Overload Indicator

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    69
    NoS ID
    351139
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: When lightning strikes electricity power lines and there’s black-out, this neat, automatic device immediately helps to pinpoint the break, saving hours of frustrating checking.

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