Use and Useless

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1952
Date Released
31 Oct 1966
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Use and Useless. DESCRIPTION: Two hundred years after it was built, a water-powered Forge is restored to working condition. Meanwhile, also in Switzerland, someone else is busy making machines that do absolutely nothing. His exhibition of useless mechanics seems to be a protest against the power of the machine in our society. SHOTLIST: GV water powered forge in Switzerland. GV pan water channel. MS water driving mill wheel. CU cogs turning. MS man carries white hot metal to forge and water operated hammer starts working. MCU hammer working. MCU pan cogs turning. MS pan mill wheel turning. MS ditto. MCU cogs turning. MCU hammer operating. GV pan machines created by Herr Tinguely of Zurich working. MCU ditto. MS Herr Tinguely presses pedal to start machine. Pan up machine working. MS another machine working. MS ditto. MS ditto. MS ditto. MS ditto. CU machine moving to and fro on wheels. MS ditto.
Keywords
Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Demonstrations
Locations
Switzerland
Footage sources
France
Card file number
91716
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
161
Story extras:
Film clip

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