Magnarail Invention Demonstration (1966)

Wendover, Bucks. Newspaper cutting and paper entitled ’Powerful Permanent Magnets’ by Geoffrey Polgreen on file. V.S. Mr. Geoffrey Polgreen in his home showing off his magnarail invention of the Magic Carpet. It works with the adverse effect of two south poles magnetism as against the south/north attraction. He demonstrates by means of a sledge on rails but there is a cushion of air between the rails and the sledge. This is caused by magnetism. (Orig. Neg.) 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 Visnews content from 1957 to