| AUTO VALET Automated Dry-Cleaner Dispenser | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5037 |
| Catalog #: | 365085 | |
| Clip Number: | 365085-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 69/21 | |
| Timecode: | 01:50:08 - 01:51:39 | |
| Location: | United Kingdom | |
| Year Shot: | 1969 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DOMESTIC LIFE: Laundry INVENTIONS: Coin-Operated LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK | |
| Description: | THE AUTOVALET - 24 HOUR DRY CLEANING DISPENSING MACHINE Great story showing a woman using a 24 hour dry-cleaning dispensing machine in London. London GV Interior of the Autovalet garment collection service woman walks into picture and points to the price list. CU Woman's finger going along the price list. CU her finger points to "Dresses" on the price list. GV Woman placing coins into the machine and also she receives tickets. The woman takes the tickets from the machine and presses a button which gives her a coded card. CU Woman taking coded card from slot as she takes a card a door opens to give access to the machine. She pushes another button, door opens with garment bag hanging inside. She places a garment into the polythene bag to be cleaned. The door closes the woman walks away and the garment moves away automatically. SV The garment moving along rack at back of the machine. The garment reaches a man with a bin man places it in the bin to be cleaned. Unknown location Several library shots show people washing clothes beside a river, banging them on rocks and rinsing them in the water. Woman washing clothes on a stone wall. CU Another scrubbing clothes. GV As the woman rinses the clothes in a river. Woman sits part on a board, part in water, scrubs garment with rough brush. Shot of the woman and her child. London The garment collection service machine as woman walks into picture and places coded card into machine. CU Interior of the machine showing the card going through to release the clean garment. CU Of garments on rack moving along a gripper selector picks up garment from the rack. GV Ditto as the garment travels back to the collection locker. Bag moving back and into little compartment. GV Woman waiting at the front of the machine as the garment reaches the collection locker the door opens and the woman takes the garment from the locker. Holds it up and examines it. | |
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