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Confidence in His Own Contrivance.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Engineering.
- Motor vehicles.
- Spectators.
- Technology.
- Transportation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (38 seconds)) : silent, black and white.
- Place of Publication:
- [Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1930.
- Summary:
- Motor car collision staged to test a new safety bumper. Shot of a car being driven deliberately into an empty, stationary vehicle. After the collision, members of the crowd rush forwards to examine the bumper. The bumper is then tested against a steel pillar - the driver falls out of the car upon impact, but seems uninjured. A shot of the driver perched on the bumper, talking to the spectators.
- Notes:
- Issue number: 966-2 ; Story number within issue: 3 of 5
- Series: Topical Budget.
- With intertitles.
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