New Ideas from USA

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1244

Date Released

6 Apr 1953

Date submitted

23 Mar 1953

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Lord Woolton’s Recovery
2. 2Easter Bonnets
3. 3New Ideas from USA
4. 4New Ideas from USA
5. 5New Ideas from USA
6. 6Atomic Bomb Aftermath
7. 7Field Marshal ‘Monty’ in America
8. *Rugby - Welsh Victory in France

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Melon Tyres. DESCRIPTION: MELON TYRES - From California - a new water melon tyre, called a Roligon. Made of Nylon, rubber and neoprene, it can be driven over anything without discomfort of puncture. It can also be driven over a pedestrian without discomfort (to the pedestrian, that is). SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Girl testing tyre with finger. Weird vehicle fitted with tyres across whole of front and back. Sausage shaped tyres. Vehicle’s tyres go easily over boulders. CU pliable tyre over rock. Vehicle runs over man with no ill effect on him.

Keywords

Vehicles; Curiosities; Safety devices; Inventions and discoveries

Locations

California; Carmel

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

58802

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

41

Story extras:

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