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All Colour Reel: Crash Helmets

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2296A
Date Released
7 Jun 1973
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1All Colour Reel: Paris Air Show
  2. 2All Colour Reel: Concordski Crash
  3. 3All Colour Reel: Helicopter Garden Party
  4. 4All Colour Reel: Crash Helmets
  5. 5All Colour Reel: Motor Cycle Stuntmen

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Section Title
All Colour Reel
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Crash Helmets - in Colour. DESCRIPTION: Crash helmets for motor cyclists are now compulsory. Safety helmet production and testing. SHOTLIST: SV scooter, girl on pillion, driver in front stationary with helmets in hands. CU girl puts helmet on. CU pan from girl to man putting helmet on. CU rear number plate of scooter. SV man looks round and pulls away. SV helmet (crash). SV fireman’s helmet. SV full face crash helmet. SV horse riding crash helmet. SV zoom in to crash. SV woman walks in with crash helmet & puts it on bench (semi built) helmet. CU woman’s face. SV crash helmet being coated with fibre glass resin. CU boy’s head and shoulders. SV boy removing helmet from fridge (simulated cold weather). SV mass of crash helmet shells. SV crash helmets being made. SV padding being stitched. CU woman’s face. SV padding being put in helmet shell. SV mass of finished helmets. SV helmets under water spray test. SV crash helmet mounted for shock absorption test, weight is hauled up by man. CU man’s face. SV weight being pulled up. SV crash helmet, weight hits it at 113’.
Keywords
Transport; Safety devices
Locations
Hertfordshire
Card file number
99108
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Camera
Reginald William Smith
Length of story (in feet)
117
Story extras:

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