| THE ART OF GETTING TYRED Excellent story about how tires for the wheels of locomotives work. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7273 |
| Catalog #: | 49619 | |
| Clip Number: | 49619-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 146 | |
| Timecode: | 01:24:45 - 01:27:04 | |
| Location: | Doncaster, South Yorkshire. | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY: Rubber, Tires LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England TRANSPORTATION/RAIL: Design & Industry TRANSPORTATION/RAIL: Steam Locomotive | |
| Description: | THE ART OF GETTING TYRED ! by a Loco Good educational film about the making of tires for the wheels of steam locomotives, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. L/S's of numerous train wheels stacked on top of each other outside factory. L/S and M/S of workman working on a large wheel as it is rotated by machine the narrator says that "very minute measurements are essential to ensure accuracy in the fit." L/S of wheels being lifted through the air by a device inside the factory. M/S of workman measuring the diameter of a wheel. L/S of the tyre being placed in a "unique gas furnace, which heats it equally all round and expands it." M/S of one of the gas furnace burners being attached to the wheel. L/S of the wheel being lowered down into the tyre "which begins to shrink as soon as the gas burners are extinguished and grips the wheel in a relentless vice like clutch. L/S of the completed wheel being lifted away. Good C/U of the wheels and pistons starting to gather speed as a steam locomotive moves away from a station. | |
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