The Breaking Point (1938)

Full titles read: “THE BREAKING POINT“ Testing laboratory in Vienna, Austria. L/S’s of two factory workers in the laboratory testing the strength of household tiles with a large machine. M/S of one of the tiles breaking under the strain of the machine. The commentator says that the “press [machine] is capable of a 500 ton squeeze. L/S’s of a flimsy looking brick wall being tested. Part of the brick start to crumble gradually before eventually the whole lot comes crashing to the ground. 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, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnew