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  1. James Watt Centenary. 1819 = the Original Steam Engine Invented by James Watt

    Date released
    25 Sep 1919
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    888
    NoS ID
    077658
    Story no
    2 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Steam engine. Vickers Turbine.

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  2. Mr. T.A. Edison

    Date other
    10 Dec 1919
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    NoS ID
    388790
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: Thomas Edison with others in motor car.

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  3. Mr. T. Edison And Henry Ford

    Date other
    16 Dec 1919
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    NoS ID
    388789
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: Mr. T. A. Edison with Mr. Henry Ford.

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  4. Ocean Navigation at Teddington. A Tank 550 Ft by 35 Ft Containing 1,250,000 Gals of Water Used for Testing Model Liners

    Date released
    14 Feb 1921
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1033
    NoS ID
    078268
    Story no
    1 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Testing tank. [SUBTITLE]: ‘ARTIFICIAL WAVES OF ANY DESIRED SIZE ARE MADE BY A SPECIAL APPARATUS’. Wave-making machine. [2ND SUBTITLE]: ‘THE VESSELS ARE DRAWN THROUGH THE TANK BY OVERHEAD GANTRY, THE...

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  5. New Life Saving Device. The Boonzaier Automatic Coupling Which Obviated Shunters Risks, Tested at Clapham Junction L&SW Railway.

    Date released
    14 Mar 1921
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1041
    NoS ID
    078308
    Story no
    2 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    SHOTLIST: Coupling attached to railway wagon.

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  6. The Eclipse of the Sun

    Date released
    11 Apr 1921
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1049
    NoS ID
    078355
    Story no
    5 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Phases in the eclipse of the sun.

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  7. The Eclipse

    Date released
    11 Apr 1921
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    762
    NoS ID
    081868
    Story no
    5 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip

    By courtesy of the Astronomer Royal, the Pathe Gazette is able to show how the great eclipse was recorded. Free distribution of millions of pieces of film enabled everybody to be "Eclipse Gazers".

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  8. The Inventor of Kinematography

    Date released
    16 May 1921
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1059
    NoS ID
    078411
    Story no
    4 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Laboratory in which Kinematography received its birth in 1885. Experimental room of inventor, showing 1st projector and camera. Photograph of inventor, William Friese-Green. Experimental paper negative and...

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  9. Links of the Empire. The Postmaster General Mr Eg Kellaway Opens the First Station of the Imperial Wireless Scheme at Leafield, Near Oxford

    Date released
    22 Aug 1921
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1087
    NoS ID
    078548
    Story no
    2 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Map of scheme from Port Darwin to Singapore and Cairo. Kellaway and dignitaries. He demonstrates apparatus.

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  10. Complete World’s Most Powerful Radio Plant

    Date other
    8 Sep 1921
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    NoS ID
    383890
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: Port Jefferson, New York. Big new transmitter for international communication

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