Predictions While You Wait! (1939)

Titles read: “PREDICTIONS WHILE YOU WAIT!“ Various shots of a machine called the Vickers Predictor. Animated diagrams and live footage explain how the machine works to calculate the future position of a moving target. Connected to anti-aircraft guns, the machine enables the guns to be fired at the correct position to hit the moving aeroplane. Good shots of artillery guns being lined up, loaded and fired. 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), 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. All footage can be viewed on the British