Cinemagazine items: A series of special cylinders bolted to the rails slow a moving railway wagon gently and progressively, making it safer to railfreight fragile and dangerous cargoes; picking apples in a highly mechanised way by using mini apple trees; a medicine dispenser for the blind; a new mechanical camera filming 10,000 pictures per second and an electronic camera whose exposure is measured in millionths of a second provide special information.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
006383
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Cameras
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Efficiency in farming
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Cinemagazines
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Railroads - Great Britain
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Transportation - Freight
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Transportation - Great Britain
Crafts & Visual Arts → Cameras
Crafts & Visual Arts → Photography - Exposure
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Blindness
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Cameras
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technological innovations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)