Inventions Issue Title Is The Very Idea (1939)

Part of THE VERY IDEA issue. Pathe Studios, London. Various shots of people trying out novelty inventions: A pencil holder - the pens stay put even when it is turned upside down. A man places it in his jacket pocket. A golf practice device - the club hits the ball which is on the end of bendy rubber stick. A safe controlled by a magnet key. A combined fork and spoon. A hollow knife - it can be filled with hot water, making spreading hard butter much easier. Various shots of a “mad professor“ (looks like an actor in costume). He demonstrates a laser device that pops a balloon. 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), Empir