Modern Scales (1958)

Orpington, Kent. C/U of a pair of old fashioned brass scales standing in front of faun coloured curtains. A woman's finger is pulling down the weight of the scales. M/S of a man in a white laboratory coat, Douglas Bradley, sitting in front of very modern scales produced by Oertling, manufacturers of precision balances. C/U of Douglas' hand adjusting one of the knobs on the scales. M/S of the top of the modern scales showing that the basic principle is the same as the old fashioned scales, except that these scales can measure accurately to one ten thousandth of a gram. M/S of Douglas adjusting the weights on the modern scales. Panning shot from Douglas' face in deep concentration to the tiny weights hanging from a series of hooks on the scales. C/U of the “precision balance“ being tested. Tilt up to the weights on the hooks. M/S of Douglas getting up and moving to a cup and spoon on the sideboard. C/U of the Douglas' hands carefully spooning out ash from the cup onto a small red dish. Douglas use