Locks, Bolts And - - (1934)

Titles read: '“Locks, bolts, and - - “ other things of other days. Filmed with the co-operation of the Science Museum, South Kensington.' London. Several shots of an early safe, showing the intricate locking mechanism inside, and a huge modern safe being opened. We see Hook's microscope (very early model) and a modern day version. Then a counting machine invented 300 years ago and the present day adding machine. A typewriter of 1856 is contrasted with a modern machine. Someone is seen typing at great speed (looks like it is speeded up footage and is quite grainy and dark). 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 Bull