Traction Engine (1951) 

Small traction engine demonstration in Wimbledon, London.
M/S Man (Ernest Baughen) kneeling beside model. Pushes stick into furnace, lights match and then fire. C/U Modeller, pan down to foot pumping air into engine. Dissolve to man tying model onto buffer of car. C/U Tying rope. Group of children watching. M/S Man starts engine and it pulls car along. L/S Engine pulling. L/S Engine pulling car.
FILM ID:1301.24
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