Stamp of Approval

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1884
Date Released
12 Jul 1965
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Churchill Church
  2. 2Stamp of Approval
  3. 3Starting Stalls Make Turf History
  4. 4Space Flight - By Telescope!
  5. 5Water-Ski - The Champs and the Chumps

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Stamp of Approval. DESCRIPTION: Pictures show the testing of domestic electrical appliances, by the Electricity Council’s Approval Board, at their laboratories in Surrey. SHOTLIST: GV testing laboratories. CU switch plug being tested. MLS technician testing electric cooker. MCU cooker pan to graph showing results. MS electric kettle being tested. CU dials on apparatus. CU technician carrying out tests on kettle. CU ditto. MCU electric iron being tested. CU ditto. MCU ditto. Pan to graph showing results. MS iron being tested. CU gauge. CU part of apparatus for dropping iron on hard surface. MCU iron being dropped. MS tests on electric blanket. MCU cable being pulled, to test strength. MCU ditto. CU pan gauge showing force of pull. MS blanket going over rollers. CU ditto. MS tests on electric heater. CU ditto. CU gauge. MS tests on electric fire. CU ditto. MS ditto. CU stopwatch. MS test on electric fire.
Keywords
Domestic life; Science and technology
Locations
Surrey
Card file number
89910
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
149
Story extras:
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