Best Inventions

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2023A
Date Released
14 Mar 1968
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Best Inventions. DESCRIPTION: Some remarkable new ideas on show at the Inventors’ Exhibition in Belgium. SHOTLIST: MS road sign being moved in all directions, it returns to upright position. MS emergency fire escape ladder unfolded from against wall. CU pan ladder. MCU man operating hands and arms designed for limbless children. CU ditto. CU as hand grasps pair of scissors held up operator. MCU scissors transferred to the other hand. MCU man fixes harness of small mobile crane to himself. CU man hoists himself up by crane. MS ditto. CU man swings round over bath. MS ditto, he lowers himself into bath and undoes harness.
Keywords
Health and medicine; Inventions and discoveries; Exhibitions and shows; Disabled persons
Locations
Belgium; Brussels
Footage sources
France
Card file number
93317
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
99
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Best Inventions', British Movietone News Issue No. 2023A, 14 Mar 1968. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/27294 (Accessed 17 Jun 2025)