Protective Headgear Safety Helmets Are Made And Tested At A Factory In Wheathampstead Footage

PROTECTIVE HEADGEAR Safety helmets are made and tested at a factory in Wheathampstead
This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA.	Tape Master:	7165
	Catalog #:	106887
	Clip Number:	106887-1
	Orginal Film:	NP 448
	Timecode:	01:30:34 - 01:32:32
	Location:	Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire.
	Year Shot:	1953 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	No
	Headings:	INDUSTRY: Maunfacturing, Misc INDUSTRY: Product Testing LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Hertfordshire SAFETY: Road TRANSPORTATION/MOTORCYCLE: Misc.
	Description:	PROTECTIVE HEADGEAR Safety helmets are made and tested at a factory in Wheathampstead Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire. Several shots of protective helmets being made for cyclists at a factory. CS. Crash helmets in soft stage. Hands picks up one of the helmets. MS Man placing helmet in pressing machine. CS. Pressing the hat into the mould and pressing another mould on top. MS Man lowering press. MS Lifting press he removes crash helmet from the press. SCS. Taking away outside protective covering. MS Several pressing on bench - another man walks into picture and removes one of pressings. SCS. Man operating electric saw which removes rough edges from helmet. MS Woman placing lining into helmets and using machine to force in studs. CS. Machine applying studs. MS Removing helmet from machine. CS. Placing helmet on pile of others already finished. MS SCS. Man placing weights on board which is attached to lining of a helmet. This is to test strength of lining. MS Placing helmet at base of machine which is erected for dropping weights on top of helmet. SCS. Placing helmet in position. MS Man about to place weight in top of machine. CS. Attaching weight. MS Measures distance from weight to helmet with ruler. CS. His hand releasing switch. CS. Weight dropping. CS. Weight dropping on helmet. MS Man picking up helmet. SCS. He removes from inside helmet a pice of white paper and piece of carbon paper and holds two in front of camera. SLS (Pan) motor cyclist racing speeding round sharp bend. SLS Another motor cyclist speeding around sharp ben. LS Motorcyclist tearing down road. SLS (Pan) three motor cyclists together. SLS Two motorcyclists taking bend. SLS Winner being flagged in.