Traction Engine (1951)

Small traction engine demonstration in Wimbledon, London. M/S Man (Ernest Baughen) kneeling beside model. Pushes stick into furnace, lights match and then fire. C/U Modeller, pan down to foot pumping air into engine. Dissolve to man tying model onto buffer of car. C/U Tying rope. Group of children watching. M/S Man starts engine and it pulls car along. L/S Engine pulling. L/S Engine pulling car. 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 Pathé webs