Traction Engine 1951

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Description

Small traction engine demonstration in Wimbledon, London.

M/S Man (Ernest Baughen) kneeling beside model. Pushes stick into furnace, lights match and then fire. C/U Modeller, pan down to foot pumping air into engine. Dissolve to man tying model onto buffer of car. C/U Tying rope. Group of children...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43167
Sort Number:
NP 350
Time in/Out:
01:38:14:00 / 01:39:04:00
Canister:
NP 350
Film ID:
1301.24
Issue Date:
28/05/1951

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