Glass Boats (1952)

A small boat is made from a new material fibre glass at a factory in Surrey. M, S Man (Mr George Woods) handling glass wool substance. C, U Hands sorting over glass wool. M, S Man walks away from pile and picks up can and starts pouring into bowl. C, U Man pouring. C, U Thick sticky substance going into bowl. M, S Man puts down bowl and walks off. M, S Putting bowl of liquid down by side of mat of glass wool applying liquid with paint brush. M, S Man putting piece of wood into weight testing machine. C, U Man releasing weight. C, U Weight hitting wood, hands extracting pieces. C, U Man putting glass wood into position. C, U Finger releasing weight trigger. C, U Weight hitting and bouncing off. M, S Man taking out glass wood and bending it to show flexibility. C, U Wood and glass wood together showing ordinary wood much thicker. M, S. Two men opening vault and taking out glass boat. M, S Another angle of two men opening vaults and taking out glass boat, and turning boat up on end. M, S Man checking texture o