News In Flashes - Motorised Bath (1959)

Title reads: “NEWS IN FLASHES“. STUDENTS DRIVE MOTORISED BATH FOR CHARITY, Bath, Avon - London. M/S male student running towards the motorised bath wearing a bathrobe, a towel round his neck. M/S student taking the bathrobe off and climbing into the bath. Another student with a collecting tin collects money from bystanders. M/S motor bath driving off. C/U pan bath driving off up road. Bystanders applaud. Panning shot bath with student at the wheel driving up a hill. C/U policeman scratching his nose. M/S bath stationary at side of the road, two students change places. L/S bath driving through village. C/U signpost: “London to Bath“. The bath drives into a garage and an attendant fills the tank with petrol. C/U petrol gauge reading one gallon. L/S garage attendant putting money into a collection box carried by the student. Students are from Kingston and they built the bath themselves. The trip to London is to raise money for charity. Note: promotional flyer on file. FILM ID:1