Free Air
Free Air is a short film from 1937 released on 35mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
"EVERYTHING NEEDS AIR TO LIVE, AND EVERY FIRE NEEDS AIR TO BURN; IN THE MODERN AUTOMOBILE ENGINE, A SPOONFUL OF GASOLINE COMBINES WITH A MAMMOTH BALLOON FULL OF AIR TO PROVIDE POWER."
00:20:14:00 Free Air 07843 00:20:26:00 med shot - underwater scene 00:20:28:00 med shot of underwater diver (00:20:33:00) 00:20:34:00 med wide shot - diver underwater - difficult to see (00:20:43:00) 00:20:44:00 med shot - men aboard boat 00:20:48:00 MCU of massive wheel/crank apparatus - part of diving equipment? 00:20:50:00 MCU of boat captain (?) 00:20:52:00 med wide shot - underwater - diver barely visible 00:20:56:00 MCU of boat captain 00:21:02:00 med shot of two men turning large wheel 00:21:06:00 MCU of seated sailor, with cigar 00:21:08:00 CU of pump machinery 00:21:10:00 med wide shot - underwater diver - Hey! What s going on up there? Who se trying to smoke me out? (00:21:17:00) 00:21:18:00 med shot of boat - sailor with cigar gets up 00:21:23:00 med shot - diver underwater 00:21:26:00 med shot on boat - one man pulling hose up from water 00:21:28:00 med shot - underwater - lots of bubbles - diver floats up 00:21:32:00 med shot on boat - one man pulling hose up from water 00:21:34:00 med shot of diver floating upwards 00:21:37:00 med shot of water -diver surfaces 00:21:39:00 med wide shot of boat - diver in water, paddles toward water 00:21:42:00 med shot of diver along side boat 00:21:44:00 med wide shot of diver climbing back onto boat 00:21:48:00 med shot of diver climbing back onto boat 00:21:57:00 med shot of two men helping diver with helmet (00:22:06:00 00:22:07:00 MCU of diver looking ill - breathing deeply VO - We cannot live without air! Air! Good old air! (00:22:14:00) 00:22:15:00 med shot of diver 00:22:20:00 med shot of diver - climbing rest of steps to boat VO - We need the oxygen in air to combine with fuel in our bodies... 00:22:25:00 MCU of diver taking off huge astronaut suit VO - ...to give us strength, and warmth. (00:22:29:00) 00:22:31:00 med shot of kitchen - chef enters, stirs fire in stove 00:22:37:00 med shot of burning coals inside stove (00:22:48:00) 00:22:49:00 med shot of candle in laboratory - covered with test tube by white-sleeved arm- candle goes out (00:22:56:00) 00:22:57:00 med shot of man pouring pails of water on burning tree stump (00:23:06:00) 00:23:07:00 MCU of huge fire 00:23:11:00 wide shot of oil field fire at night (00:23:14:00) 00:23:16:00 MCU of hands using bellows to fan a fire (00:23:19:00) 00:23:20:00 MCU of exterior of coal burning furnace - hands open it to stoke fire VO - So, when we want hot fires, that will get the maximum energy out of the fuel, we supply a lot of air, free air. (00:23:28:00) 00:23:29:00 med shot of worker shoveling coal into furnace 00:23:32:00 med wide shot of locomotive on tracks past water (00:23:34:00) 00:23:35:00 wide shot of huge ocean liner 00:23:37:00 med shot of worker in engine room of ocean liner 00:23:44:00 MCU of worker opening vent to engine in boiler room (fadeout 00:23:47:00) 00:23:48:00 fade in - MCU of hands in laboratory - setting up experiment with burning steel (00:24:12:00) 00:24:13:00 MCU of laboratory hands burning cotton-like stuff - excelsior (00:24:20:00) 00:24:21:00 MCU of lab hands - burning celluloid (00:24:25:00) 00:24:26:00 MCU of Danger sign - shadows of bottles and tubing - lab equipment VO - One of the easiest things to ignite... 00:24:28:00 med shot of guy in enormous protective suit in lab VO - ...is gasoline. (00:24:40:00) 00:24:41:00 MCU of cotton with gasoline at one end of piece of metal, candle at the other - cotton catches on fire (00:24:44:00) VO - ...That s why gasoline... 00:24:45:00 CU of burning cotton VO - ...should never be brought indoors. Gasoline burns so fast that it seems to be an explosion. It is really just extremely rapid burning. Fortunately, we know how to control the burning of gasoline. (00:24:59:00) 00:25:00:00 MCU of man s hand putting gas in car VO - And the best example of control is in the automobile engine. But liquid gasoline alone won t run an automobile engine. (00:25:07:00) 00:25:08:00 MCU pan over car to engine VO - It has to be mixed with free air. (00:25:12:00) 00:25:19:00 MCU of hands using spray gun to water roses (00:25:25:00) 00:25:26:00 CU of spray gun and roses ((00:25:30:00) 00:25:31:00 MCU - car engine explanation of how carburetor works 00:25:35:00 MCU of carburetor 00:25:37:00 animation of how carburetor works 00:26:20:00 CU of carburetor 00:26:22:00 MCU of engine part being turned by white-sleeved arm (00:26:26:00) CUs of various parts of carburetor 00:26:43:00 MCU of carburetor - very studio shot (00:26:49:00) VO - ...all the features that engineers have designed with great care, to make sure of economical results. 00:26:50:00 MCU of dirty carburetor (00:27:01:00) 00:26:53:00 VO - The carburetor has but one purpose,and that is: to mix a little drop of gasoline with a great big bubble of free air. 00:27:02:00 cross fade MCU of carburetor with MCU carburetor in action (00:27:12:00) 00:27:13:00 MCU of another angle of carburetor in action VO - The development of these modern methods of mixing gasoline with air...have resulted in increased mileage per gallon of gasoline. (fadeout 00:27:29:00)
00:27:30:00 med shot of two men hooking up balloon to engine VO - Let s see just how much air is actually used in the modern automobile. (00:27:33:00) 00:27:34:00 MCU of man s hands hooking up hoses 00:27:37:00 MCU of two guys and balloon over car 00:27:39:00 MCU of hand putting tiny funnel into tube 00:27:42:00 MCU of inflated balloon VO - The balloon holds fifteen cubit feet of air... 00:27:45:00 MCU of gas tube and funnel - hand carefully and slowly putting three table spoons of clear liquid into funnel VO - ...and the tube contains only three tablespoons full of gasoline. (00:28:09:00) 00:28:10:00 med shot of two guys with car and inflated balloon guys get into car (00:28:22:00) 00:28:23:00 med shot - car starts driving - camera follows (00:28:31:00) 00:28:32:00 CU of gas draining from tube (00:28:34:00) 00:28:35:00 med shot of car - balloon deflating (00:28:38:00) 00:28:39:00 med shot of car from front - balloon deflating (00:28:47:00) 00:28:48:00 med shot of car from side (00:28:53:00) 00:28:54:00 CU of gas draining out of tube 00:28:56:00 CU of completely deflated balloon VO - There goes the last.. 00:28:58:00 med shot of car stopping VO - ...of the air. And the race is over. We ve gone just exactly one quarter of a mile. (00:29:06:00) 00:29:07:00 med shot of front of car - two guys examining balloon, gas tube VO - But look, we still have some of the gasoline. 00:29:10:00 CU of gas tube - tiny bit left 00:29:11:00 cross fade to med shot of guys taking down balloon VO - Less than three tablespoons of gasoline to travel a quarter of a mile. (00:29:17:00) 00:29:18:00 med shot of guys putting hood back on car, getting in, driving off down road
VO - In fact, one tablespoon of gasoline is mixed with about 43 gallons of air to make the fuel for the modern motor car. Progress, through constant improvement, has reduced fuel consumption importantly. Taking advantage of every opportunity to burn less gasoline, and use free air (00:29:42:00)| Free Air | |
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| Produced by | Handy (Jam) Organization |
Production company | Handy (Jam) Organization |
| Distributed by | Handy (Jam) Organization |
Release date | 1937 |
Running time | 9:38 |
| Language | English |
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