Cinemagazine items: Engineers compete with the elements to produce five million volts of man-made lightning and the feasibility of transmitting electricity at this huge voltage; a machine has been developed to take oil, hydraulic and brake-fluid, rubber, fuel and grit from surfaces of motorways; severely handicapped children are helped by projection of colored patterns.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
006353
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Engineers
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Machinery
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Cinemagazines
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Engineers
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Machinery
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Handicapped children - Development
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Electricity
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Machinery
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technological innovations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)