High-Speed Camera (1963)

Albury, Guildford, Surrey. The Ellis Research Laboratory consumer goods are tested for safety and durability. Slow motion C/U of a cup of tea smashing. A man fiddles with a box of equipment. The cup is seen smashing in normal time. C/U of a mannequin’s head wearing a monocle, a gun is fired and the lens shatters. Various shots of a mother and toddler watching as a scientist places weights on a prototype high chair to test its strength. Two scientists test a paraffin heater in a wind tunnel. The scientists open the tunnel extinguish the burning paraffin heater. Various shots of perspex goggles on a mannequin’s head. A scientist uses a special gun is fired at them to simulate splashes of molten metal. A high speed camera is shown filming a television screen shattering - a technique developed by John Hadland. Extreme slow motion C/U of milk being dripped into a cup of tea. The man behind the camera is John Rendell. A safety helmet is tested - Mr. Ellis is wearing a helmet wit