Modern Scales

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

174

Date Released

28 Apr 1958

Date recorded

21 Mar 1958

Length of issue (in feet)

756

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Motor Cycle School
2. 2Racehorse’s Mascot
3. 3Modern Scales
4. 4Nylon Fair

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

Pathe synopsis: Whether you want to weigh bullion or a speck of tobacco ash, there is a balance made to meet your need at this laboratory in Orpington, Kent. So delicate are the precision balances that you can weigh a visiting card, intitial it, and then see how much your initials weigh!

Keywords

Science and technology; Industry and manufacture

Locations

Kent; England; Orpington

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

David De Keyser

Length of story (in feet)

116

Story extras:

Film clip

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