| LORRY ANTI-JACKNIFE DEVICE A new device prevents trucks from jack-knifing when they come to a sudden halt. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6078 |
| Catalog #: | 303708 | |
| Clip Number: | 303708-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 654 | |
| Timecode: | 01:00:37 - 01:02:33 | |
| Location: | Bedfont, Middlesex. | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | INVENTIONS: Safety INVENTIONS: Transportation LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Middlesex SAFETY: Road TRANSPORTATION/AUTOMOBILE: Misc | |
| Description: | LORRY ANTI-JACKNIFE DEVICE A new device prevents trucks from jack-knifing when they come to a sudden halt. Bedfont, Middlesex. Various shots of a lorry driving down a hill and skidding to a halt on a slippery stretch of road. LS Lorry and trailer traveling R. to L. pan with them it starts to skid. MS Lorry jackknifing slides to halt. MLS Lorry coming towards us. MS Man in cab wrestling with wheel. MS Lorry jacknifing. CU Skid marks pan up to show articulated lorry in a country lane in jackknife position. MS Ditto another angle. MLS Ditto another angle. MS Pile of transmission components pan down to show man assembling components. CU Ditto. CU Coiled spring pan down stop panning and show man cleaning out anti-jacknife cases. MS Man assembling anti-jackknife. CU DITTO. CU Nearly completed anti-jacknife man puts on casing. CU Cutaway version of completed anti-jackknife mechanism. CU Ditto mans finger comes into picture and points at mechanism. MS Reservoir pan L. to R. to show man at electrical water pump. MS Man spraying hose pan L. to R. with flow of water. LS Articulated lorry trundling towards camera. MS Anti-jacknife registering pressure as brakes are applied. MLS Lorry screeches to halt. MLS Lorry heading straight towards us steps close to camera. CU Man adjusting nozzle of hose. MLS Lorry coming towards us and into c.u. of wheel. | |
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