A comedic depiction of a press visit to the Reyrolle works at Hebburn, Tyne and Wear. Journalists or Reyrolle staff members lark about with a Film Fun magazine, and set off an electrical explosion. Title:- Reyrolle Board of Censors Certificate We Hereby Certify that Hebburn Short Circuited News has been subjected to a complete series of Censorship and has been passed for Universal Use. 1-10-37 Signed M.V. Ampere Title:- Hebburn Short-Circuited News "Bringing the News to the...

A comedic depiction of a press visit to the Reyrolle works at Hebburn, Tyne and Wear. Journalists or Reyrolle staff members lark about with a Film Fun magazine, and set off an electrical explosion. Title:- Reyrolle Board of Censors Certificate We Hereby Certify that Hebburn Short Circuited News has been subjected to a complete series of Censorship and has been passed for Universal Use. 1-10-37 Signed M.V. Ampere Title:- Hebburn Short-Circuited News "Bringing the News to the Press" Title: Press Visit to Reyrolle's Works July 1933 Journalists or members of Reyrolle staff assemble together to have their group photograph taken. They wear suits, and many smoke cigarettes and pipes. Title: Among those present were…… Each journalist or staff member approaches a rack containing newspapers and journals, selects one, and presents it to the camera for a close-up shot. The publications are as follows:- -The Mining Electrical Engineer -Electrotechnick -The Times Trade & Engineering Supplement -Iron & Coal Trade Review -North Mail -Electrical Industries -Electrical Times -Power Engineer -Colliery Engineering -Railway Gazette -Revue Générale de l'Electricité -Engineering -Colliery Guardian -The Electrical Power Engineer: The Official Power Organ of the Electrical Power Engineers' Association -Electrical World -The Shields Gazette -The Newcastle Journal -Reyrolle Monthly Letter Title: Among Those Periodicals Not Represented…… Views of the same newspaper rack, this time stocked with -Comic Cuts -Chips -Film Fun An anonymous hand reaches in front of the camera to cover the Film Fun front cover model's bare legs with a handkerchief. The staff cluster around the magazine ogling at the pin-up photographs of movie stars, all pawing at the pages. Close-up view of a cat. Title: OH! MR. FOX-ALLIN……….. The men joke and laugh together. Title: Hebburn Illuminations (with apologies to the BBC) Title: "The switsh ish in the bay" Title: "Oh! The baysh orl lit up! An explosion is set off inside a concrete building. Title: That was 350 MVA that was! View of melted electrical connections. Close-up of a clock reading 6 o' clock. Title: Good heavens, it's 6 o' clock! Good-bye! View of a Northern bus departing, the passengers wave. View of a pub or restaurant sign, The Buffet, and the landlady or maid standing in the doorway.