• Short Summary

    A research centre develops tyres with better tread to prevent vehicles skidding out of control on wet roads.

  • Description

    Fort Dunlop, Birmingham.

    Tests are carried out at a research centre to try and prevent aquaplaning, where a vehicle loses control on wet roads. Various shots of water sprayed onto the road, lorries skid down it and spray the camera, men monitor the results. A Bedford SB Duple Bella Vega coach drives along and crashes through a polystyrene wall which we see from the point of view of the cab.

    Various shots of tyres being tested in the laboratory and treads examined under the microscope. A new tread is developed and the coach does not skid into the wall next time it is tested.

    Cuts exist please see separate record

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    371.06
    Media URN:
    4072
    Group:
    Colour pictorials
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    21/07/1966
    Sound:
    sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Colour
    Duration:
    00:02:09:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:54:54:00 / 01:57:03:00
    Canister:
    CP 604

Comments (2)

  1. jamied says

    The coach (seen at 00"46) is a Bedford SB Duple Bella Vega.

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  2. British Pathé says

    Thanks.

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