| INVENTOR'S DREAMS Strange inventions - submarine car and odd shaped boat driven by hand pump. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7239 |
| Catalog #: | 506837 | |
| Clip Number: | 506837-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 337 | |
| Timecode: | 01:09:35 - 01:11:27 | |
| Location: | France and California, United States of America (U | |
| Year Shot: | 1936 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INVENTIONS: Transportation LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France TRANSPORTATION: Amphibious TRANSPORTATION/AUTOMOBILE: Unusual TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Submarines TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Unusual | |
| Description: | INVENTOR'S DREAMS Strange inventions - submarine car and odd shaped boat driven by hand pump. France and California, United States of America (USA). Quirky inventions - home-made boat powered by hand pump and aquatic car. California. Various shots of funny shaped boat on shoreline of beach. A man climbs up a ladder leaning on the boat, we see him open a hatch. C/U of hand pointing to row of rivets holding together boat - looks like Frankenstein vessel made from bits of other boats. Low angled shot of rotating searchlight on mast of ship. M/S of man pumping lever. C/U of propeller being rotated by movement of lever. L/S of boat on shore. France. M/S of man getting into car - he climbs in through a hatch, like a submarine. M/S of car - fins over each wheel move up and down. C/U of tail fin or rudder moving. C/U of driver behind wheel, looking through thick windscreen (looks like porthole). M/S of car driving into pond. C/U of car driving beneath water. M/S of car's periscope / air pipe moving along surface of water. C/U of hatch opening. | |
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