"Trains washed while you wait, and whether you wait or not", is the slogan of this novel French train "washer" L/S of a train wash - along the same lines as a car wash but much bigger. It has revolving cloth brushes. C/U of one of the brushes. Water is sprayed out of small holes in a tube.
"Trains washed while you wait, and whether you wait or not", is the slogan of this novel French train "washer" L/S of a train wash - along the same lines as a car wash but much bigger. It has revolving cloth brushes. C/U of one of the brushes. Water is sprayed out of small holes in a tube.
Moving shot from the point of view of the cameraman on the front of a train as it travels towards the moving brushes. Water is sprayed. "It's a new kind of "outside help". Shot from beside the machine as a train passes through. M/S of the train getting washed.
Was an item in Eve's Film Review issue number 641.
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