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Jessica

1967 , Stratford St Mary (Suffolk)

Cat no. 954

Promotional film in which a life-size mechanical 'elephant' is put through its paces at Electrophants Ltd.

A life-size mechanical Elephant, 'Jessica', emerges from a garage and children climb aboard. Robin Leslie, the chairman of the firm fixes the safety chain in place. The electrophant takes the children for a ride and then the children dismount. Futher manoeuvers are demonstrated including walking over a man. Lord Hillingdon and Colonel Bill Heald take a ride along with other adults. The internal mechanism and the controls are displayed, then the electrophant is returned to the garage.

Keywords

Combustion engines; Fun rides; Inventions; Mechanical engineering; Novelty machines

Background Information

The 'electrophant' was driven by an internal combustion engine. The promoters of the machine hoped that the film would be shown in the United States and would attract many orders. However, this novelty machine proved not to be a success.

Manifestations

Jessica

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