| TRIPLEX DEMONSTRATION Triplex safety glass goes through various tests at research centre. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5033 |
| Catalog #: | 364968 | |
| Clip Number: | 364968-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 68/95 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Birmingham, West Midlands | |
| Year Shot: | 1968 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INVENTIONS: Testing | |
| Description: | TRIPLEX SAFETY GLASS RESEARCH CENTRE OPENED Triplex Research Centre in Birmingham tests safety glass for use in automobile windshields; etc. Birmingham, West Midlands. M/S pane of glass attached to a machine which turns it over and lowers it down. Aerial L/S of official watching the machines at work. Interior M/S of the exhibition. M/S man holding piece of glass before placing it in the polariscope for testing strength. C/U of the glass being placed in polariscope. M/S pan down wires, a car is suspended and resting on piece of Triplex which is to be used in Concorde windscreen. M/S car. M/S man standing at simulated windscreen. C/U of the windscreen which has been shattered. M/S showing safety area where driver sits. C/U machine used for testing standards of safety glass. A man places a sheet of glass in machine. C/U man wearing a protective shield over face. M/S of the man placing a frame over glass to hold it in position. C/U as he puts in frame. Pan up to top of the machine showing a large weight. Various shots as the weight is raised up high. C/U of the glass, the weight crashes onto the glass and splinters it, but does not go through. | |
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