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:

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