Bed Testers (1960)

M, S of bed testing equipment; a wooden block with a mattress base inside, two large black mummyshaped figures suspended over the base and attached to equipment at the side and a large weight suspended over one side. Two men in brown coats hoist a mattress onto the base and lower the figures onto it. C, U of a large clock showing the amount of years wear the mattress is being tested for then M, S of the two figures turning over and over on the mattress; they are rotated by two large metal arms at the end of the bed. M, S and C, U of the weight at the side of the mattress being raised and lowered; commentator says to represent a 12 stone man sitting on the edge to put his socks on. M, S of the end of the mattress showing the machinery working to rotate the figures; commentator tells us that Tommy and Tess (as the figures are known) each weigh 12 stone. Various M, Ss and C, Us of the weights turning on the mattress and C, U of one of the men looking on. M, S as they stop the machines, begin to hoist the fig