A short comedy produced by the Newcastle & District Amateur Cinematographers’ Association about a father and son who’s car breakdown on a country road. While the father works to dis-assemble part of the engine to find the problem, his ‘bookish’ son is able to find the problem quickly as the magazine he reads throughout the film is a copy of ‘Practical Motorist’. Credit: Newcastle ACA Cine Rally Film Credit: Richard and Joe in Title: The Mechanical Genius A man comes out of the...

A short comedy produced by the Newcastle & District Amateur Cinematographers’ Association about a father and son who’s car breakdown on a country road. While the father works to dis-assemble part of the engine to find the problem, his ‘bookish’ son is able to find the problem quickly as the magazine he reads throughout the film is a copy of ‘Practical Motorist’. Credit: Newcastle ACA Cine Rally Film Credit: Richard and Joe in Title: The Mechanical Genius A man comes out of the driveway of a house and gets into a car parked on the road. The car moves off and travels along a country road. Sitting in the backseat is a schoolboy reading a magazine, the man offers the boy a sweet which he ignores. The car comes to a stop along a country road and the man gets out and begins to look over the engine. He gets out a set of tools from the boot and begins using them to find the problem with the car without success, a cow watches from a nearby field. The boy gets out of the car, still reading his magazine, and sits on a bank in the road next to the car. The man removes his jacket and continues working on the car as the boy continues reading his comic. He man continues to strip removing is tie and shirt before bending over to look under the car. He quickly gets back to his feet kicking his tools in frustration, the boy continues to ignore him reading his magazine. The boy gets up and begins to look over the car engine. He takes out a piece of metal, cleans it and puts it in his jacket pocket. Getting into the drivers seat he starts the engine which starts first time. The man puts his shirt back on, laying in the ground is the magazine the boy was reading ‘Practical Motorist’. As the man packs his tools away the boy picks up the magazine and begins reading again getting back into the car. The film ends with them driving away watched by the cow.