| TUBELESS TIRES Tubeless tires are tested and demonstrated at Fort Dunlop in Birmingham. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7168 |
| Catalog #: | 501566 | |
| Clip Number: | 501566-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NP 466 | |
| Timecode: | 01:29:07 - 01:30:54 | |
| Location: | Birmingham, West Midlands. | |
| Year Shot: | 1953 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY: Product Testing INDUSTRY: Rubber INVENTIONS: Transportation LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England TRANSPORTATION/AUTOMOBILE: Misc | |
| Description: | TUBELESS TIRES Tubeless tires are tested and demonstrated at Fort Dunlop in Birmingham Birmingham, West Midlands. Various shots of puncture-proof tyres being tested on a suburban road (probably testing area at Fort Dunlop). A Humber Hawk car with the special tubeless pneumatic car tyres drives over nails. The pressure is tested before and after and has the same reading for each - 26 lbs. Two men work on tyre sections on benches. One of the men picks up his demonstration tyre section so we see the valve inside. He hammers a nail into the tyre; it goes right through the rubber. A man hammers a nail into the offside front tyre on the Humber Hawk. The car is driven around in circles with the nails in the tyre. | |
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