Ways And Means (1929)

C, U of lower part of the train as the pistons move backwards and forwards. C, U of wheels turning. Intertitle reads: Feed the brute High angle shot of stoker shovelling coal into the boiler. C, Us of the wheels. M, S of man applying oil to parts of the train whilst it is in motion (the train is in a shed so it doesn t actually go anywhere while it is being tested). Over 90 miles an hour without moving a foot Various shots of the train. Now for a Man crouches down by a model railway. He sets a train off and the camera follows it as it moves around the tracks. It seems to be in his garden. High angle shot of train coming out of a tunnel and going over a bridge. South Africa a new machine which can travel over both land and water. L, S of crowd of people watching the strange amphibious craft being moved along on wheels. Queer, isn t it reads an intertitle. C, U of the front of the craft. We can see the body of a car inside. New York a main road goes right through a