Cinemagazine items: A 6 ft high roadside thermometer turns white when freezing temperatures prevail warning motorists of less than favourable driving conditions; the chemical industries mechanical jungles of tangled metalwork are being replaced by installations where you can see exactly what is going on giving greater control and safety; an electric wheelchair, designed to give “go-anywhere” mobility to the disabled can climb steps up to 5 inches high and climb slopes of up to 1 in 2.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
006354
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industrial safety
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Cinemagazines
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Automobile driving
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Automobile driver education
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physically handicapped
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Wheelchairs
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technological innovations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)