[Swindon - Giant Vacuum Cleaner]

Series

Series Name

Empire News Bulletin

Issue

Issue No.

703

Date Released

19 Jan 1933

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1[On the Cam]
2. 2[Scotland - Men of the Plough]
3. 3[Swindon - Giant Vacuum Cleaner]
4. 4[Oregan (sic), USA - Winter’s Icy Mantle]
5. 5[Sheerness - Naval Officers-to-be]

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

NFTVA Silent News Films (1965): "Swindon - giant vacuum cleaner: Great Western Railway instals big device for cleaning carriages and preventing disease." A coach is shunted into the cleaner and the vacuum-tight doors are closed. (66 feet) A shot of the control room. (80 feet) The coach is taken out after cleaning. (109 feet)

Keywords

Health and medicine; Railways

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