Mobility Tyre Testing

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2295A
Date Released
31 May 1973
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mobility Tyre Testing - Colour. DESCRIPTION: The new tyre testing - these new tyres will enable drivers to come to come to a halt from 90 mph with much more safety. SHOTLIST: GV towards and pan car at 35 mph, on corner the tyre blows, car fitted with normal tyre but a flat rim. CU burst tyre. CU pan another car fitted with standard tyre & rim at 26 tyre bursts and comes off rim. CU rim without tyre. CU interior operator fitting new tyre and rim. CU operator. CU fitting outside rim, spinning new tyre round. TV shot exterior car travelling at 70 mph. CU ditto. CU front wheel, it bursts at 90 mph & tyre keeps on rim as car continues.
Keywords
Vehicles; Transport; Safety devices
Locations
Hemel Hempstead
Card file number
99114
Credits:
Camera
Denis White
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
101
Story extras:

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'Mobility Tyre Testing', British Movietone News Issue No. 2295A, 31 May 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29912 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)