M/S of bed testing equipment; a wooden block with a mattress base inside, two large black mummy-shaped figures suspended over the base and attached to equipment at the side and a large weight suspended over one side. Two men in brown coats hoist a mattress onto the base and lower the figures onto it. C/U of a large clock showing the amount of years' wear the mattress is being tested for then M/S of the two figures turning over and over on the mattress; they are rotated by two large metal arms at the end of the bed. M/S and C/U of the weight at the side of the mattress being raised and lowered; commentator says “to represent a 12 stone man sitting on the edge to put his socks on“. M/S of the end of the mattress showing the machinery working to rotate the figures; commentator tells us that Tommy and Tess (as the figures are known) each weigh 12 stone. Various M/Ss and C/Us of the weights turning on the mattress and C/U of one of the men looking on. M/S as they stop the machines, begin to hoist the fig
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