News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

459A

Date Released

24 Mar 1938

Date submitted

8 Mar 1938

Date submitted

22 Mar 1938

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Editorial Article: ARP Training and Sir Samuel Hoare
• 2. At Home & Abroad: Barcelona Air Raid Havoc
• 3. At Home & Abroad: Lloyd George in Paris
• 4. At Home & Abroad: Hitler’s Welcome on His Return to Berlin
• 5. At Home & Abroad: Gold Arrives from the Continent
• 6. At Home & Abroad: Gold Mining in South West Wales
• 7. At Home & Abroad: The Odd Sport of Dynamo - The world’s tiniest electric motor
• 8. At Home & Abroad: Egyptian Army Artillery Fire
• 9. At Home & Abroad: Sydney Police Gymkhana
• 10. Personality Column: Conducted by Leslie Mitchell: Diana Churchill Weds Barry Barnes
• 11. Personality Column: Conducted by Leslie Mitchell: Mrs Spragues 101st Birthday
• 12. Sports Page: The Lincolnshire Handicap Won by "Phakos"

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 12

Section Title

At Home & Abroad

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: World’s Tiniest Electric Motor. SHOTLIST: Amedio Tomassini has constructed the smallest electric motor in the world. The Motor has 45 different parts, .0008 hp, 25,000 revs, weights 2,469 grains and has taken 200 working hours to construct.

Keywords

Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

32920

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

29

Story extras:

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