Chesham - For Safety In Planes Aka Aircraft Seat Testing (1962)

Title reads: “For Safety in Planes“. Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Aircraft seat testing. Panning shot factory where they make aircraft seats. M/S man working on one of the seats. Exterior. L/S seat testing machine/crash simulator: a long ramp which two seats slide down, there are buffers and a safety net at the end. Various shots two volunteers - man and woman - getting into seats, they fasten seat belts over their lap. C/U group of men watching. The seats comes down the ramp and hits the buffers, the couple in the seats fall forward. C/U winch winding seats back up the ramp. Various shots two men coming down in the seats. The seats hit the buffers with a greater force. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, w