Speaking Traffic Signals (1949)
Unissued, Unused material. Speaking traffic signals. EMI factory, Hayes, Middlesex, Greater London. C, U a traffic light changing from amber to red, speaking apparatus seen fitted at side. C, U another shot of traffic signal. M, S group of people at pedestrian crossing. M, S as man walks forward and looks up at lights. C, U traffic lights changing to red. C, U Trevor Barlow (Director of speaking signals and Managing Director to EMI), pan to another man. C, U small boy and mother at crossing. M, S people crossing the pedestrian crossing. M, S car going across crossing. C, U man fixing sound apparatus to side of light. C, U as he takes out a length of magnetic tape from the sound apparatus. M, S people at side of crossing. M, S people looking to right and left before crossing road. M, S group of people crossing road. C, U traffic signal Cross Now. M, S old lady crossing road followed by two girls running across busy crossing. M, S back view of woman pushing pram and little girl crossing road. C, U traffic
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