Perpetual Motion 1938

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Proposals for construction 'perpetual motion' machines - none of them works.
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A man in medieval costume, trying to construct 'Perpetuum Mobile' (perpetual motion) - eternal movement - a machine which will work forever. Succession of shots of drawn diagrams of various proposed machines - none of them worked.
Tags
- medieval
- costumes
- Perpetuum
- Mobile
- experiments
- machinery
- time
- science
- experiments
Data

Film ID:

1266.21

Media URN:

42510

Group:

New sound pictorials

Archive:

British Pathé

Issue Date:

29/12/1938

Sound:

Sound

HD Format:

Available on request

Stock:

Black & White

Duration:

00:02:28:00

Time in/Out:

01:35:22:00 / 01:37:50:00

Canister:

NSP 144

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