ODD
INVENTIONS royalty-free footage in our collection
(see also our list of animal
oddities)
220273
07:19:13 - 07:20:07
1936 USA
B/W SIL Submarine 'Tank' Built To Recover
Sunken Treasure
Man into tiny submarine
w/ tracks. Bolted into and lowered
off boat stern, along water & crawls up onto beach. Hoses or cables following. Man crawls out holding oxygen bottles.
To search for thousands of dollars in coins sunk in San Francisco bay
in 1913.
220722
01:30:19 - 01:30:49
1930s USA
B/W SIL Handles For Dogs The Newest Idea
In Pet Protection
New fashion accessory.
Woman straps handles around small dogs, women carry them across street
like a handbag, policeman watches. Woman
out of Cord automobile carrying dachsund w/ handle towards hat shop. Group of four women walking their small dogs along boardwalk,
all pick them up when woman walking Borzoi or elkhound approaches & walks
past.
220584
10:23:46 - 10:24:38
1967 USA
b/w Sd Instant
Banana Peel
Press and others
at demonstration of new invention, powdery substance called Riot-trol or Instant
Banana Skin. Invention for use in riot control. Powder on ground and sprayed
with water - cars have no traction - motorcycle skids and falls over - group
of men trying to run on surface - fall over. Girl on sled pulled along.
220989
02:38:28 - 02:39:17
1948 usa
B/W SD News In Brief: Massachusetts
People on lawn outside
home of Farmer John Brown. Brown
w/ microscope and new invention 'The Master Cell, which helps grow bigger
and better farm products'. Farmer
puts circular device in pig pen; crops in field. Young boy drinks water containing farmer's additive.
221121
14:05:25 - 14:06:19
1936 USA
B/W SIL Submarine 'Tank' Built To Recover
Sunken Treasure
MS man climbs into
one-person diving bell w/ tank-like tracks, men close hatch; lowered into
water from boat. Tank rolls out
of water onto shore, man climbs out w/ air tanks.
221032
05:03:19 - 05:04:18
1931 germany B/W SIL 12-speed Auto Appears! Czech Inventor
Introduces 6-wheeled Car For Rough [Terrain?]
Man stands next to
open-top car, people crowd around to look - closes bonnet and drives across
rocky wasteground followed by crowd and then across railway tracks and back
towqards camera. Car has two
sets of rear wheels.
221092
17:04:39 - 17:05:28
1933 USA
B/W SIL Odd Bits In TodayÕs News: Spare
Parts Machine Fine Teacher For Kids
Tiny locomotive engine
pulling scaled down piece of farm machinery. Group of kids watching as coal loaded into miniature engine
w/ pulley system operating miniature grain thresher [?] - some kids adding
corn / grain.
221092
17:28:15 - 17:29:08
1931 USA
B/W SIL ÒWobble-meterÓ Determines Fatigue!
- Experiments Prove Masculine Endurance Inferior to That of Fair Sex
Woman standing on
wobbly board contraption on desk linked to machine - man conducting scientific
test. Men & women playing
dodgeball [?]. CU womanÕs feet
on Òwobble-meterÓ. Man & woman embracing on sofa, pretending
to kiss. CU manÕs feet on wobble-meter.
221093
18:00:01 - 18:10:09
1960 - 1961 USA
COL SIL Avrocar Continuation
Test Programme & Terrain Test Programme [Part 1 of 2]
01Jun60-14Jun61 Coverage of the Avrocar, a saucer-shaped
hovercraft vehicle with new transition control. Flight demonstrations displaying its ability
to operate from ground cushion to in-flight over unprepared terrain and ditches.
Modification of the Avrocar control system at the Avro facility. Series of shots of Avrocar being installed in static test rig
and testing new control system. MLS
aircraft in tethered flight over ramp. Series of shots of Avrocar being fueled; vertical takeoff;
hovering; free flight over concrete, gravel and grass surfaces; ditches and
landing. Shows Avro test pilot
operating aircraft over various types of terrain and natural obstacles before
a contractual group of engineers, and USAF pilot flying the aircraft.
221093
18:10:10 - 18:19:50
1960 - 1961 Canada COL SIL Avrocar Continuation
Test Programme & Terrain Test Programme [Part 2 of 2]
Continued as per
Part 1 - Avro test pilot operating hovercraft over various types of terrain
etc. CUs USAF pilot.
221092
16:00:21 - 16:11:04
1958 - 1959 CANADA COL SD Disc
Flight Development: Avrocar 1 Progress Report [Part 1 of 2]
01Feb58-01May59. Aerial Avro Facility at Malton, Ontario;
MS main building facade w/ Avro sign. INT engineers consulting plans - draftsmen at drawing boards.
Prototype of the Avrocar, a saucer-shaped hovercraft vehicle, wheeled
out of hangar; VO re capabilities of Avrocar design.
Series of shots of full scale Avrocar mockup being constructed of wood
- engines & fuel tanks fitted. Scale
model of Avrocar being built and tested in Avro wind tunnel. 1/5 scale model of Avrocar being tested in wind tunnel at Wright
Air Development Center. Full
scale 20-foot segment of the peripheral nozzle and outer portion of wing being
constructed and tested for propulsion and control - includes control room
scenes and automatic recording equipment. Man operating a skeleton hovering Avrocar model.
16:08:33 Analog computer and oscillograph. Several shots of men working at drawing
boards. Series of shots showing
manufacture and assembly of first Avrocar and installation of associated equipment.
221092
16:11:05 - 16:19:17
1958 - 1959 CANADA COL SD Disc
Flight Development: Avrocar 1 Progress Report [Part 2 of 2]
Avrocar construction
scenes cont'd. Shell removed
from assembly jig. Turbo-rotor
assembled & installed by Oranda Engine Co. Series of shots of aircraft systems test [noise of tests &
engineers' voices heard]. Final
construction process. First Avrocar
being weighed and moved from manufacturing area to test area - two months
ahead of schedule.
221097
10:15:16 - 10:15:51
1939 USA
B/W SIL World Wide News Events: Boston,
Mass.
Lockheed Electra
airliner comes in to land on snowy airfield. INT passengers testing oxygen masks for high-altitude flight
from Minneapolis to Boston - valves go around sides of mouth to nose - woman
passenger smokes cigarette while mask is on. CU man holding cannister marked 'Aviators Breathing Oxygen'. Passengers disembark & pose next to
plane still wearing oxygen masks & looking very silly.
221097
10:38:45 - 10:39:27
1939 USA
B/W SIL World-Wide News Events: Chicago,
Ill.
Dr. F.W. Goodwin
of the Armour Institute demonstrates production of liquid coal as petroleum
alternative in laboratory - car gas tank filled w/ liquid coal - side shot
car w/ sign mounted on roof 'This Car Is Being Operated On 'Liquid Coal''
outside building marked 'Research Foundation' - travelling shots car along
street.
221106
15:07:19 - 15:07:55
1930 Germany B/W SIL Air-Rail Car Speeds At 100 Miles
An Hour In Sensational Trial
Futuristic single-carriage
German locomotive propelled along track by air - looks like French bullet
train w/ propeller on back - test run.
221106
15:11:05 - 15:11:51
1929 Germany B/W SIL Oddities In To-Day's News: When
is a trolley car not a trolley car?
Berlin, Germany: Brief shot bus w/ normal wheels but attached
to overhead streetcar cables. Title
'Answer - When it's a trolley bus'. Tracking shots trolley bus through streets inc. CU overhead
cables & PoV bus speeds towards camera.
221106
14:51:59 - 14:52:57
1929 USA ? B/W SIL [Early Aviation
- Gags]
Pilots try to launch
joke plane w/ flapping wings, propeller falls off. Plane w/ seven wings on top of each other along runway outside
hangar - side shot 'pilot' pedalling - plane collapses in on itself.
X
221330
14:18:18 - 14:30:28
1962 USSR; Yugoslavia Russia B/W SD
INCLUDING:
14:24:40 Moscow New invention 'Progress' store w/ no staff, everything
operated w/ modern automatic vending machinery. Woman putting milk bottles into machine.
Customers put in money, choose products & take them.
Nighttime shopping. Future. Oddities.
14:25:31
X
LN 505-109 11:51:36 - 11:52:30
1950 c
usa B/W SD [Automatic Dairy]
Warner Pathe News
Magazine of the Screen
Cows thru automated
dairy barn in Delano, California, sprayed w/ lukewarm water to stimulate milk.
Feeding conveyor, woman milk maid attaches milking equipment.
Cows moving on conveyor. Bottling.
100 cows milked in under an hour.
X
LN 505-109 11:55:16 - 11:55:55
1950 c
USA B/W SD 10 Engine B-36
Warner Pathe News
Magazine of the Screen
Latest model of largest
bomber in world, Convair B-36D Peacemaker, taking off on test run. 236ft wingspan - air to air shots showing
engines. 4 jet units plus regular
6 motors. Aerial View of plane
from above.
221133
13:18:43 - 13:19:38
1931 USA
B/W SD [AAU Codeball Tournament]
George W. Webster
wins first AAU tournament of Code Ball named after William E. Code of Chicago. Two men play kicking 6-inch ball against
wall as in a handball court; must return on second bounce. Two men playing are Doctor Code &
George Webster. Webster holding
large loving cup as winner.
221140
00:46:50 - 00:47:45
1929 USA
b/w SIL Oddities in
To-Day's News: Tries to fly like
a bird - 'Gray Goose,' Freak Airplane, Flops its Tail off in Trial 13Nov29
AV strange flying
machine w/ three sets of wings & tail, mounted on a frame around what
looks like a motorcycle; wings moving up 7 down in attempt to take off; CU
side angle of machine, with 'The Gray Goose' painted on tail, wings still
moving up and down; view from rear, wings flap so violently the tail falls
off; two men pull the aircraft away.
Aviation; Gags; Oddities; Inventions; Failures;
221143
06:19:40 - 06:20:15
1931 USA
B/W SIL Peter Prell's Odd Vehicle At Home
Ashore Or At Sea Invents Ôland-waterÕ
boat! (1931) Alpine, New Jersey
Man sitting in amphibious
boat on Hudson River (?) shore, moves into water; under power putting out
wake. Circles and returns onto
shore.
221143
06:21:02 - 06:21:39
1931 USA
B/W SIL Bullet-proof Waistcoat Survives
After Revolver Barrage! All Quiet
on the Vest in Front (1931)
Washington DC
Two men put on armored
vest; policeman shoots from several feet away, bullet holes seen, bullets
taken out of vest. Second man
smoking cigar also shot.
221143
06:48:37 - 06:49:30
1932 USA
B/W SIL Aquaplane Star Introduces New Sport
Thrill! (1932) Carl BrysonÕs
Ôsuper-skiddingÕ proves sensation.
Winter Haven, Florida
Bryson pulled off
on aquaplane from behind outboard motor boat. Does circles around camera. POV from boat pulling.
He jumps off next to shore and runs up onto bank.
221143
06:59:51 - 07:00:42
1932 USA
B/W SIL Vertical Auto Park Solves Problem
Of Windy City Drivers (1932) Chicago,
Illinois
Car onto elevator
and raised up as people watch, others on and off. Control knob on panel saying Westinghouse Vertical Parking.
Cars up. Man arrives w/ ticket and gives to attendant
and car down and off.
221155
15:14:04 - 15:14:39
1930 England B/W SIL News Paragraphs - Invents Life-saving
bumper ! Accident-proof device
expected to lessen fatalities by 75 per cent (1930)
London, England
Unid. man w/ model
car on table shows bumpers; rolls against doll pushing along. Truck doing road test with dummy, approaches
ÒbodyÓ in road, bumper rolls dummy along street instead of running over. Man throws himself in front of truck,
bumper rolls him down road. Men
pick man up and all have cigarette & smile to camera.
221335
06:27:14 - 06:29:28
1961 USA
COL SIL [Rocket Belt
Demonstration, Pentagon] (15Jun61)
US Army rocket belt
uncovered and seen in CU. Employees
and others behind ropes at Pentagon. Military VIPs seated.
Harold aka Hal Graham helped into Aerojet-General's SRLD (Small Rocket
Lift Device) by two men (probably Chief Engineer Ed Ganczak & Crew Chief
'Bear' Kreutinger. Helmet fitted,
rocket fired and slowly rising and over government olive green sedan. Two men in Revolutionary War uniforms
beside him get explanation. Graham
takes ear plugs out. Civilians
w/ movie & still cameras taking picture as Army VIPs comes up to shake
hands.
Note: two flights were made at The Pentagon
that day, this is the morning flight.
221335
05:39:53 - 05:51:05
1941 USA
B/W SIL [N-1M aka N-306 Flying Wing Test
Flight] (post 03Jul40)
Baker Dry Lake, California
Flying Wing (NX28311)
take off with two pusher propellers from dry lake bed. circles and flys overhead, lands past
camera. Rolls to stop in front
of John 'Jack' Nothrop and ?? Pilot
Moye Stephens (second test pilot after Vance Breese) removes plexiglass cockpit.
Northrop & Stephens w/ papers & pose in front of plane.
05:42:21 CU of Jack Northrop.
05:42:38 CU of nose landing gear, air intakes,
flaps moving
05:43:00 Northrop at prop, turning as pilot into
plane and cockpit cover put over; spectators watch from side in winter coats.
Propellors turned and started, plane taxiis away, turns and taxiis
away from camera.
05:44:50 Take off past camera, into air and retracts
landing gear. See overhead banking
and rolling, turning gracefully. Another plan seen above.
05:46:36 Aerial view from plane alongside.
05:47:31 N-1M cmes in for smooth landing. Taxiis up to camera. Another take off, various fly-bys and
shot from air of plane banking. Taxiing
& turning on ground
221230
18:57:05 - 18:57:47
1932 USA
B/W SIL Odd Bits in Today's News - Automobile...
Man lifts hood of
car beside people on sidewalk. Quick
shot of boiler; man polishing smokestack.
Car driven up street followed by another & boy on roller skates.
18:57:23 Pulls up to coal chute. Man puts scoop of coal in front of hood,
stokes the boiler fire & takes coal out of chute on front of car &
throws into boiler. Drives down
street w/ much smoke coming out of chimney.
221230
18:58:20 - 18:59:06
1932 USA
B/W SIL Propose Homes... (of bricks made from recycled glass bottles)
Men dumping crates
of glass bottles. Molten glass
out of furnace, into molds; glass bricks along conveyor. Top placed on and into furnace to fuse. Strength testing machine crushes brick
under pressure. House of glass
blocks shown w/ window. Ceiling
of glass bricks also.
221340
14:01:37 - 14:02:57
1940 USA
B/W SIL [Glass Car w/ Bathing Beauties]
Driving parallel
to beach along walk. Pedestrians
strolling along side. Car stops
& four women smile up at camera.
CU thru window as they undress and get out in bathing suits. Walk around admiring the car. Strap on stainless steel can to waist
belt on back and float. Kids
into water with cans. Baby sits
on one, falls over backward crying.
200565
12:10:22 - 12:11:38
1965 USA
B/W Sd Unveil Moon Taxi - New Vehicle
Out Of This World
Int. astronaut in
space suit at controls in moon buggy.
Bouncing as he drives, view from inside around craters. Ext. of spiral spoke wheels & moon
vehicle hinged in middle. Interior
POV buggy over rough ground. Buggy
passes over camera.
221248
06:09:53 - 06:10:29
1936 England B/W SIL British Inventor Creates Death-Ray
To Abolish War
Two men in protective
suits & goggles ride science fiction looking ray projector out. Projector turned. Three men similarly dressed at control
panels put on rubber gloves & throw large toggle switches. Ray is ÒfiredÓ, dials turned, electrical
charge explodes.
Note: This could have been a publicity story
tied to the US release of Things To Come.
Tesla also was working
on death rays. See NY Times article
11Jul36 'Tesla, 80, Reveals New Power Device.Ó
221330
13:16:56 - 13:17:56
1960 German B/W SD Fashion Parade (Jewelry Shown)
Models looking at
jewelry fashions based on antiques.
Modeling ear rings; magnetic ear-rings demonstrated. CUs. Gag shots of tea kettle & other metal things turning as
model walks past.
X
221293
07:15:58 - 07:27:57
1952 USA
B/W SD The History of the Helicopter
Pt. 1 of 2
Shell Presents
07:16:23 Helicopter over water seen from above;
hovering over top of lighthouse w/ waves breaking around base. CU slow motion of hummingbirds; engravings,
paintings, etchings & drawings. DiVinci model, drawings. Chinese toy top propellor; more recent toiys demonstrated.
Various other models, drawings.
07:18:42 Model from published paper of 1843 design
by George Cayley, 4 discs on rowboat w/ wheels.
07:19:05 Wright brothers & military test, starting
& take off.
07:19:37 Moving wing tests in early 1900s. Flapping wings, & hopping plane, rotating
wheels as wings, large & small. Sky car.
07:20:46 Charles Richet's first helicopter to leave
ground w/ pilot aboard.
07:20:50 Berliner 1908-09
07:21:02 Oehmichen 1920
07:21:13 Oehmichen 1922 Combined balloon & helicopter.
07:21:23 Lein Weber-Curtis 1921
07:21:33 1922 Georges & Jerome-de Bothezat's
quad-rotor 'Flying Octopus' built under contract for US Army flying.
07:22:05 Raul PescaraÕs early 1920 coaxial helicopter
w/ biplane-type rotors.
07:22:18 Asboth 1928-1930
07:23:00 Model showing stability problems. Hinged blades on full sized helicopter. Juan de la Cierva & C-19 autogyro
in flight w/ wings being replaced by rotor so actually an airplane rather
than helicopter. Taking off from
pasture; shots in flight.
07:25:16 1930 Nicholas Florine demonstrated flapping
wing at Brussels Exhibition. d'Ascanio
shown as he flew 8 3/4 minutes.
07:25:33 1936 Louis Breguet flying in Breguet-Dorand machine setting duration
record of 63 minutes using cyclic pitch control.
07:26:12 Slow motion shot showing helicopter's
blades rising & falling. Taking
off, turns demonstrated.
07:27:27 1937 German Fa-61 Focke-Wulf Achgelis
twin-rotor flown inside Berlin Sports Stadium by Hanna Reitsch. Several views.
07:27:42 Igor Sikorsky flying VS-300 setting new
WorldÕs Record. Continued...
LN 501-647 10:03:51 - 10:04:37
1967 USA
B/W SD San Fancisco (Small Outboard
Powered Hydrofoil Demonstrated)
Man in small fiberglass
boat, people watching & past w/ outboard motor. Blond woman in bikini waves & taken
for ride, waving.
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