DER VIERTAKT-OTTO-MOTOR UND SEIN AUFBAU [Main Title]

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  • Title: DER VIERTAKT-OTTO-MOTOR UND SEIN AUFBAU [Main Title]
  • Film Number: GWY 1014
  • Other titles: THE FOUR-STROKE PETROL ENGINE [Translation]
  • Summary: The second reel of a two reel film on the basic principles of the 4-stroke engine.
  • Description: The film deals (in actual film and animated diagrams) with the crank-shaft, crank-case, valves and valves seating, exhaust, showing their main parts and method of operation. Final shots of heavy traffic bear witness to the success of the petrol engine.
  • Alternative Title: THE FOUR-STROKE PETROL ENGINE [Translation]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: GWY 1014
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM-GERMAN Attribution: IWM – GWY 1014
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1939
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Production Details: Commerz-Film AG Berlin (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: equipment, German - propulsion: [petrol engine] (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: German Subtitle language: German
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 429 ft; Running time: 12 mins
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