Safety Lights

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
347
Date Released
24 Jan 1928
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Summary
NoS Summary - a torch in an umbrella and a walking stick with light inside.
British Pathe synopsis: A woman in a fur trimmed coat and hat demonstrates a novelty torch. C/U of her unscrewing the top off an umbrella. She pulls out a metal tube and shows it to the camera. She reapplies the end of the brolly. She points it at her front door as she turns a key in the lock and pushes down her door handle. "Another ingenious safety novelty - a walking stick that shows a warning light when the knob is pressed" C/U of woman pressing the top of a walking stick. A light comes on in the handle of the stick. "But, pity the poor motorist if the road gets full of walking-stick lights!" Surreal shot of lots of tiny lights moving around the screen.
Keywords
Inventions and discoveries
Written sources
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.98
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP098 Used for synopsis
National Film Archive Catalogue
Credits:
Production Co.
British Pathe Ltd.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web
http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
Phone
020 7255 1444
Fax
020 7580 7503
Address
21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
Series held
View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)
Name
British Pathe Ltd
Email
info@britishpathe.com
Web
https://www.britishpathe.com/
Phone
0207 665 8340
Address
3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE
Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
Series held
View all series held by British Pathe Ltd

How to cite this record

'Safety Lights', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 347, 24 Jan 1928. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/331780 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)