Duke Visits Tyre Factory (1954)

Fort Dunlop, Birmingham. GV. Duke of Edinburgh with officials looking at machinery. CU. Testing tyre tubes in water. SV. Inner tubes come off machine and being put on conveyor. SV. Duke watching tubes being thrown onto conveyor. SCU. Girls feeding and removing tubes from water tank. SCU. Prince Philip talking to man who is inserting valves into inner tubes. SV. Various types of frogmen in clothing section. SV. Duke talking to man in frogman’s outfit. SV. Duke looking at farmer dressed in agricultural outfit (does not agricultural at all, man is wearing raincoat and hat). SCU. Duke looking at Polio mask model. CU. Polio mask model. SV. Duke looking at tubeless tyres. CU. Nails in tubeless tyres. SV. Duke looking at demonstration of rubber mud wing. LV. Tyres on conveyor belt. SV. Towards, Duke walking through tyres on conveyor belt. SCU. Tyres on belt. SCU. Duke examining large tyre. (Lav.) (Orig. “D“) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL