Aquaplaning Tire Testing - Tires Are Subjected To Various Wet Weather Tests Footage

AQUAPLANING Tire testing - tires are subjected to various wet weather tests.
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	Catalog #:	303674
	Clip Number:	303674-1
	Orginal Film:	CP 517
	Timecode:	01:17:41 - 01:19:45
	Location:	Birmingham, West Midlands.
	Year Shot:	1964 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	Yes
	Headings:	INDUSTRY: Product Testing INDUSTRY: Rubber, Tires LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England SAFETY: Road TRANSPORTATION/AUTOMOBILE: Misc
	Description:	AQUAPLANING Tire testing - tires are subjected to various wet weather tests. Birmingham, West Midlands. MS Man testing tires of Jaguar. MLS ditto another man walks into picture and gets into Jaguar car moves off and pan with it left to right. MS Int. car. CS. Speeds. CU Man's foot comes off accelerator onto brake gives a short tap and puts it back on accelerator. LS Jaguar skidding along wet surface. MS Int. car driver turning steering wheel but car stays on the course. MS Car skidding along. MS Worn tire on testing machine. MS Sign. sign lights up showing pressure of 800lbs. MS Man watching from control room. MS Wheel revolving while a jet of water is played onto it. CU Ditto. We see the wheels beginning to show down. MLS Man in foreground wheel in b.g. CU Meter showing cornering force down to 50 lb. MS Looking down on wheel. CU Man watching. MS Meter showing tire speed which has dropped to 10mph. Pan down to show drum speed which is 65mph. MLS We see the wheel has stopped revolving. Man walks into the picture and holds the wheel while the drum is still turning. CU Man holding wheel pan down to show drum revolving. CU Drawing of tire trend pan left to right to show man designing treads. MS Man looking at new type of tread. MS CU Man cutting tread into tire. CU New tire. Pan right to left to show man testing pressure. MS Looking down on this man. MLs. Man at control panel in fg. In b.g. we see man standing by the drum. MS Drum and wheel start turning. Water is applied to drum. CU Wheel and drum revolving. CU Man watching. CU Cornering force meter showing 200 lbs. MS Wheel and drum revolving on our left. On right we see tire and drum speed meters both at the same speed. LS Jaguar driving along wet road stops without skidding.