"Many Inventions." Some cute ideas seen at the Institute of Patentees Exhibition.
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- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
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- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 6
- Summary
- NoS Summary - A tennis racket with a detachable handle & electric iron which turns into hot plate at the Institute of Patentees.
NoS synopsis: "No more carrying your tennis racquet outside your bag when you go away - just unscrew the handle and it can go inside - (it’s metal)." C/U of a woman unscrewing the handle of the tennis racquet. She smiles at the camera. "And here’s another idea - a hand-propelled luggage carrier!" M/S of the woman placing a suitcase inside a metal carrier. She ties a belt around the case. She then lifts up the trolley and then wheels it along. "Another cute brain-wave that turns your electric iron into a hot plate." C/U of iron being attached to a flat metal plate. This is then turned upside down. A plate of food is then placed on top. - Keywords
- Curiosities; Inventions and discoveries
- Written sources
- Pathe Inventory File Tin No.198
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No. EP198
Pathe Eve 473-493 Boxfile Issue sheet
National Film Archive Catalogue
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- British Pathe Ltd.
- Length of story (in feet)
- 117
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