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.
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Camera : James Blewitt
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Commentator : Lord Hillingdon
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Commentator : Angus Baird
Manifestations
Jessica
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- Barcode
- INV348108
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
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- MP4 H264 digital
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- Duration
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0:06:19
- Modification Date
- 04/11/2011
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- Reference
- 733106
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- Barcode
- INV368881
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- Unknown
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- MP4 H264 digital
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- Duration
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0:06:19
- Modification Date
- 04/11/2011
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- Reference
- 733105
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- Barcode
- INV326763
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Type
- MP4 H264 digital
- Dimension
- Duration
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0:06:19
- Modification Date
- 04/11/2011
- Parts
- Reference
- 733104
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- Activities
- Barcode
- INV311052
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Type
- DV digital
- Dimension
- Duration
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0:06:19
- Modification Date
- 10/05/2011
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- Reference
- 709454
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- Activities
- Barcode
- INV271507
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Type
- master digital
- Dimension
- Duration
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0:06:30
- Modification Date
- 31/03/2011
- Parts
- Reference
- 705276
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- Activities
- Barcode
- INV238254
- Canonical Identifier
- TB 1954
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Type
- DVD disk
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- Has Sound
- Y
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- Modification Date
- 09/02/2009
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- Reference
- 677780
- Sound
- sound
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- Activities
- Barcode
- INV188849
- Canonical Identifier
- TB 1953
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Type
- DVD disk
- Dimension
- Has Sound
- Y
- Identifier
- Modification Date
- 09/02/2009
- Parts
- Reference
- 677779
- Sound
- sound
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- Barcode
- INV193229
- Canonical Identifier
- VP-406
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Duration
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0:07:00
- Identifier
- Modification Date
- 25/06/2021
- Parts
- Reference
- 563495
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- Activities
- Barcode
- INV470927
- Canonical Identifier
- A-413
- Canonical Title
- Unknown
- Carrier Details
- Carrier Type
- 16mm film
- Colour Type
- colour
- Has Image
- Y
- Has Sound
- Y
- Identifier
- Image Polarity
- positive
- Modification Date
- 25/06/2021
- Parts
- Reference
- 561308
- Sound
- sound
- Sound System
- variable area
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Category: Non-fiction
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Genre: Promotional
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Locations: Stratford St Mary (Suffolk)
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Work Type: Film
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Description Type: monographic
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Subject: Electrophants / Robin Leslie
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