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Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 4
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mechanical Handling Exhibition & Aberdeen’s Last Tram. DESCRIPTION: The Mechanical Handling Exhibition was opened at Earls Court. You can see one of the robots model mobile crane without a driver, a delicate control of heavy weights and the ROBOTUG, which doesn’t need any driving, can do its job unattended and stops automatically. Over to Aberdeen, and the contrast of a horse-drawn tram, built in 1898. They got it out specially to take part in a procession through the granite city, marking the end of Aberdeen’s tram-way. SHOTLIST: GV Exhibition. Same. Closer same. CU model crane. CU crane goes through girl’s feet. CU man whistling. MS girls nearly step on crane. CU crane going round girl’s feet. MS 25cwt. weight. CU same hits doll. CU little girl. MS 25cwt. weight. CU same hits egg. MS girl on Robotug. MS man gets off Robotug. CU Robotug hitting pillar. Slip pan (for GR version, but not for BTS). Horse drawn tram. CU horses. GV horse drawn tram. MS last tram. CU same. CU entering depot.
- Keywords
- Vehicles; Children; Women; Transport; Science and technology; Animals; Exhibitions and shows
- Locations
- London; Scotland; Aberdeen; England
- Card file number
- 73681
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Jeffrey K. Shearley
- Camera
- John Charles Elder
- Camera
- Michael Samuelson
- Camera
- Robert Turner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 126
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