Demonstration Of Air Rescue Power Saw (1954)

Unused / unissued material - London Airport. Various shots of a demonstration of a new power saw to be used to rescue people from planes. Demonstration by Black and Decker employee. Showing saw to Mr John Profumo (MP Parliamentary Sec. to Ministry of Transport & Civil Aviation). Demonstration of how long it would take to cut through with an axe. CU Saw. GV Cutting section. Mr. Profumo trying saw. Crowd. Demonstrator cutting. (Orig. Neg.) FILM ID:2660.2 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 the end of 1984. Al