| INVENTIONS A.M. Low and Edwin Solomon give demonstration of their inventions | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7148 |
| Catalog #: | 39066 | |
| Clip Number: | 39066-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NP 325 | |
| Timecode: | 01:08:53 - 01:10:43 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1950 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/GENERAL: Pest Control INVENTIONS: Domestic INVENTIONS: Misc. LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England OCCUPATIONS: Inventor | |
| Description: | Inventions. M/S inventor Edwin Solomon dipping plates into his machine, then taking them out and putting them on the side. M/S Professor A.M. Low in his garden, he hangs a small packet of DDT on a tree and lights the fuse with a match before walking away. M/S as it smoulders and then makes small explosion, this is designed to get rid of insects. M/S Edwin still washing plates, it shows the jets of water in the machine cleaning the crockery and swilling it off. C/U of Professor Low cutting grass with his invention which is a cross between a rake and a scythe. He picks up rake and starts to undo screw before taking out razor blades. C/U of Edwin washing plates and a milk bottle. Interior M/S of Professor Low with cigarette in his mouth, he lights it and puts lighter into his pocket. M/S as he presses a button on a model tank which fires out cigarettes. M/S Edwin washing a glass jug. M/S as Low takes off his spectacles and replaces them with very small unbreakable ones which are in springy frames. He is also smoking a cigarette with non-drop ash, it has asbestos thread running through it. M/S as he takes it from his mouth and holds it up. M/S's as Edwin takes a saucepan from the table and holds it to the buffer on the side of his washing machine. | |
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