Tubeless Tyres (1953)

Birmingham, West Midlands. Various shots of puncture-proof tyres being tested on a suburban road (probably testing area at Fort Dunlop). A Humber Hawk car with the special tubeless pneumatic car tyres drives over nails. The pressure is tested before and after and has the same reading for each - 26 lbs. Two men work on tyre sections on benches. One of the men picks up his demonstration tyre section so we see the valve inside. He hammers a nail into the tyre; it goes right through the rubber. A man hammers a nail into the offside front tyre on the Humber Hawk. The car is driven around in circles with the nails in the tyre. Notes and correspondence on file. 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 th