Rolling Along (1941)

Rolling along. M/S picture of the earth, a tyre appears around it. M/S of a woman chained to a wheel behind a fire. M/S’s of casino wheel, spinning wheel and water wheel. M/S of a woman going round and round in a hoop to exercise. M/S of car wheel. A diagram shows a tree struck by lightening. Various shots of how the wheel developed. Various shots of cars and feet together. M/S of boy tinkering with clock mechanism. A photograph is taken of a rolling wheel to show it moves faster at the top than the bottom. Various shots of wheels on train, bicycle and car. The boy has made a mechanism that has turned his grandfather clock into a speaking clock. 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 i