Water Powered Car

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2352

Date Released

1 Jul 1974

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Water Powered Car. DESCRIPTION: At Rouen, a car which runs on a mixture of water and alcohol. SHOTLIST: GV Rouen Cathedral pan down to Citron proceeding along road driven by water power. SV front interior of car road ahead. SV pan water powered car on road. SV interior man filling can with water. SV ditto he walks off. SV man filling drum with water. CU alcohol containers, a hand takes one. CU container is handed to another man who mixes it with water in drum. CU alcohol being poured into drum. SV men round Citroen looking at engine. SV man leaning out of window of Citroen pan to mechanics looking at engine. SV pan converted engine. SV mechanics looking at end chatting about engine. SV pan converted engine. SV mechanic looking at end chatting about engine. SV pan converted engine. SV man putting alcohol into tank of car. SV man putting water into tank. SV interior test engine used as generator also run on mixture. CU zoom out engine. SV man switches on light run by generator. SCU light goes out then on. CU electric fire run by generator. SV man using welding equipment run by generator. SV man demonstrating pollution free exhaust by holding paper up to it. SCU ditto holds paper up to camera. SV car leaving garage. SV from car interior - road ahead. SV pan converted car on road.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Science and technology; Road transport; Inventions and discoveries

Locations

France; Rouen

Footage sources

France

Card file number

74/31

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

146

Story extras:

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