Testing Aero Tyres Aka Dunlop Aero Tyre, Testing Aero Types (1958)

Fort Dunlop, Birmingham. M/S of the undercarriage of an aircraft, it opens up and the wheels come down. M/S of the wheel, the fields are visible far below it. L/S of a plane coming in to land. C/U of a wheel touching down on a runway and bouncing along. L/S of a large jet with ’BKS Air Transport Ltd. London’ written on the side, it taxis along the runway and comes to a stop. M/S of the aeroplane and its tyres, the camera pans across to the back wheels. C/U of a man putting blocks under the back wheels. M/S interior of the Dunlop factory and a man in a white coat stood in front of a machine which consists of a large wheel revolving against an aeroplane tyre. M/S of another man in white stood in front of a large wooden box with two dials in, he adjusts one of the dials and looks at the wheel. C/U of the tyre starting to spin round against the wheel. M/S of the wheel and tyre spinning round. M/S of a man holding a pen and watching them. C/U of the tyre spinning against the wheel. The narrator
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