| THE RAILPLANE Model of Monorail | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6740 |
| Catalog #: | 429791 | |
| Clip Number: | 429791-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 133 | |
| Timecode: | 01:01:59 - 01:03:44 | |
| Location: | Great Britain | |
| Year Shot: | 1928 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CITY PLANNING: Drawings and Models LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK TRANSPORTATION/MASS TRANSIT: Monorail TRANSPORTATION/RAIL: Experimental | |
| Description: | THE RAILPLANE New invention intended to solve traffic problems - a cross between a train and a plane! United Kingdom CU model version of something like a monorail - a missile shaped thing moving through what looks like a sort of tunnel of crossing bars. It moves toward camera, then away. Side view of same: the "train" is hanging from small wheels which move on a single rail above it, and at the same time wheels on the bottom grip onto a rail below. MS inventor, Mr. Benniey posing w/ the model monorail. CU side view. ECU wheels holding the car to top rail. CU end of car; propeller starts spinning and it moves to left. MCU the model monorail turning round - actually it is a section of the track which rotates on a sort of turntable. | |
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