• Short Summary

    Excellent footage of radio controlled robot in Saffron Waldren, Essex.

  • Description

    Robot invented. RAF (Royal Air Force) Saffron Waldren, Essex.

    C/U Robot (George) head turning, eyes light up and mouth moves. M/S Controller Pilot Officer Sale working robot. C/U Robot walking forward, moves arms and shakes head. M/S Pan from controller to robot walking, controller comes back into picture. C/U Feet of robot approaching. C/U Control set, pan up to controller's face. M/S Robot walking. C/U Control set. M/S Robot, controller walks into picture, puts down set and turns robot's shoulders. C/U Turning robot round, controller puts screwdriver inside robot and loosens nut. C/U Controller takes front from robot, showing inside.

    Cataloguer's note: The robot looks like something from a 'fifties 'B' movie. It's great !

    *NB: This story may be imcomplete - hence no exact timecode. For complete version please see PM3398.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1283.11
    Media URN:
    34537
    Group:
    New pictorials
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    18/12/1950
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:02:13:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:15:00:00 / 01:17:13:00
    Canister:
    NP 327

Comments (1)

  1. jamied says

    The first 01:17 of this clip shows an unrelated story, followed by a blank screen. then the story about the robot begins.

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