Diesel Story, The

The history of the Diesel engine, from the Pre-Dioesel engines of the late 1800s (Hot Bulb, Steam, Gas and Gasoline) to Rudolph Diesel and recreated 1890s experiments with the new Diesel Engine. Various diagrams of the Diesel Engine principle (of early and later desing) are shown, as well as major developments in the Diesel Engine (such as Airless Injection of the 1920s). "Modern" uses of the Diesel engine (ca 1950) are then shown (such as ships, Greyhound Bus, tractors, etc.). 06:31:28:20 VS CU two men grinding grain; CU wind mill. 06:32:01:19 VS CU pistons and various parts of large industrial steam engine. 06:33:06:03 VS CU working 1877 model of internal combustion engine with Grossley Brothers label on its side. 06:33:58:14 Man starts engine of old fashioned turn of the century automobile like a lawn mower; seated with one passenger in car men place a blanket over their laps and drive off. 06:35:42:04 VS working 1890 model of the Horsby-Akroyd combustion engine. 06:38:49:08 VS men in factory working on 1893 experimental German engine; industrialist financier, scientist and worker anxiously watch machine work; VS 1894 experimental German engine. 06:44:11:06 Great shot sweeps aro