COOPER'S DIAGRAMS - HOUNSLOW [Main Title]

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  • Title: COOPER'S DIAGRAMS - HOUNSLOW [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 275
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  • Summary: Short animated film on lorry driving techniques, probably made for the British Army during the First World War.
  • Description: The film uses wire-controlled cutout shapes, white on a black background, to demonstrate in plan view a column of three lorries driving too close together down a road and colliding in a shunting accident when the lead one halts. Further demonstrations of a lorry correctly passing a horse and cart, and of a lorry reversing round a corner.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 275
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 275)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917
  • Production Country: GB
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  • Keywords: training, British - specialist: lorry driving (object name) 31/3(41) (event) Instruction (concept) Animation (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 247 ft; Running time: 5 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 275

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