Testing In History, Part III

One more set of historical videos about [not software] testing.

British Pathe doesn't have normal embedding system, so all links will be opened in their website.

Safe As Lightning Man-Made Lightning (1941), 00:52	Glass Research AKA Pilkington Glass Works (1959), 02:02
Acoustic Chamber (1962), 01:58	Golf Ball Test (1961), 01:40
Seat Testing (1950), 00:49	Testing Domestic Appliances Aka Electric Gadgets (1958), 02:09
Safe Testing (1958), 02:59	Safety Straps Beware (1960), 02:08

See also previous parts:
Testing In History: Part I – Stress Testing
Testing In History: Part II – Functionality Testing

Testing In History: Part II - Functionality Testing

Here is second set of historical videos about testing. The first part was about stress testing, this part is about functionality testing.

The most interesting is the first one about the carpet. They actually tested a carpet with the whole street in San Francisco! I have doubts about is it a functionality or stress testing - haven't decided yet.

British Pathe doesn't have normal embedding system, so all links will be opened in their website.

Carpet Tested In Gold Street (1962), 00:59	Telephone Tests (1953), 01:28
Splitting Hairs (1949), 01:15	Cigarette Testing (1949), 00:42
Gun Proofing (1951), 02:22	Petrol Tests (1952), 01:56
Mirror Velvet (1954), 01:09	Testing Bowls (1952), 00:46

See also other parts:
Testing In History: Part I - Stress Testing
Testing In History, Part III

Testing In History: Part I - Stress Testing

British Pathe put an enormous archive of historic clips into internet - www.britishpathe.com. First thing that I've searched there was "testing" and got 57 pages of clips (2834 results). I've watched first 10 pages and here are some interesting clips about some kind of stress testing.

They don't have normal embedding system, so all links will be opened in British Pathe website.

Toy Testing (1951), 02:02 – [Charlie] calls it a compressive stress test or something around that.	Army Clothing Tests (1950), 01:03
Bus Tilt Tests (1949), 02:37 They call it stability test. Notice how bravely chef tester steps into bus.	Testing Safety Glass (1950), 02:50 Notice how real first situation is - almost a movie.
Fabric Tests (1957), 02:53 I liked the machine for measuring how hard you can wear a fabric.	British Made - Testing Army Motocycles (1915), 02:37
Science Behind The car (1950-1959), 09:55 – And now the question - will she starts?	Bed Testers (1960), 01:48
Furniture Research (1953), 01:22	A Tragic Test (1931), 01:08 And the final unsuccessful one.

See also other parts:
Testing In History: Part II - Functionality Testing
Testing In History, Part III