Gas-Bag Car

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
539A
Date Released
5 Oct 1939
Date submitted
2 Oct 1939
Date submitted
28 Sep 1939
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Tientsin Floods
  2. 2Routine and Fitness in the RAF
  3. 3A World Champion Entertains
  4. 4Services Hair Fashions
  5. 5Nurses New Uniforms
  6. 6Double Stretcher
  7. 7Gas-Bag Car
  8. 8Anti-Tank Gun Practice
  9. 9Unit Bridge Building
  10. 10Ladies - ‘Shun!
  11. 11Our Young Army Trains
  12. 12A Plea to Abolish Officious Secrecy

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 12
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gas-Bag Car. DESCRIPTION: A device to counter wartime petrol shortages, the gas bag contains the equivalent of one and two-thirds gallons. SHOTLIST: The balloon is filled with gas and the lorry drives away. It goes under a bridge with only a very small margin to spare.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Economics; Road transport
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
37529
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
29
Story extras:
Film clip

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