| AUTO SKATES Inventor Tom Hancocks demonstrates his new motorised roller skates. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7070 |
| Catalog #: | 511104 | |
| Clip Number: | 511104-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NSP 408 | |
| Timecode: | 01:23:13 - 01:24:13 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1944 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INVENTIONS: Transportation LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London TRANSPORTATION: Unusual | |
| Description: | AUTO SKATES Inventor Tom Hancocks demonstrates his new motorised roller skates. London. Inventor Tom Hancocks filling his eccentric new invention - "Auto Skates" - with petrol. Tom steps into his skates. The invention looks like a pair of roller skates with large engines, petrol tanks and controls attached - they look very cumbersome . Various shots of Tom whizzing down streets on motorised skates. A cab driver and a schoolboy shake and scratch their heads in disbelief. | |
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