Aero Tyre Testing At Fort Dunlop (1968)

Birmingham, West Midlands. New High Speed Aero Tyre Test Machine brochure on file. VS Mechanical devices to simulate the effect on tyres of aeroplanes during landing and taking off. The tyres are lowered onto spinning drum and a high pressure asserted. VS Engineers sitting at control panel operating the various tests which they observe through a glass panel. (Orig. Neg.) 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 website.