Traction Engine Doctor (1960)

Rilla Mill on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. M, S of Mrs Dyke coming out of her house carrying a basket and climbing on the back of her husband s traction engine to go shopping; the huge steam powered machine chugs slowly down the hill; lettering on the side says The Foden Showman s Engine, Built 1910. Commentator tells us that working on the engine is Mr Dyke s hobby. Various shots of the engine driving slowly along as Mr and Mrs Dyke turn the wheels to control it. M, S of two small girls sitting by the roadside with their dog and watching it go by. Shots of the couple steering from inside the engine cab; Mr Dyke pulls the whistle. They arrive at the village shop, P J Sampson Stores, and Mrs Dyke climbs down and runs into the store. Mr Dyke also climbs down and walks round to put a block under the huge rear wheel and checks the tyre; he is wearing dirty white overalls and smokes a pipe. Mrs Dyke comes out of the shop with a full shopping basket and climbs into the engine cab; C, U of two teenage gir