- Title: CF669
- Date:1950s
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Summary:
10:02:00 - 10:07:04
CU finger searching for time on railway timetable – egg placed into boiling water – CU egg timer being set – CU ticking of suspended wall clock at sports game – ticking wall clock. still pictures to represent primitive man – sunset over rolling sea – rising sun – sun through clouds at midday – sunset in forest – rotating globe with plasticine looking men stuck to it. small sapling casting a shadow – old fashioned stone sundial. demonstration of water clock – hourglass – candle clock – oil clock
10:07:05 - 10:12:11
CU inside of clock – cogs and gears– recreation of Gallileo’s discovery of pendulum ( generic 16th century scene of man in costume at desk with quill pen could be Shakespeare ) – pendulum clock. CU pocket watch – early pocket watch – wall clock with ticking second hand – Timex wristwatch. CU finger starting stopwatch – ZO to show man stopping stopwatch as boys race past the finish line – running race – athletes – winner. oscilloscope – to measure milliseconds – technology – woman scientist taking readings from futuristic atomic clock – montage of scenes repeated from film - TYPE:
- DATE:1950s
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- Colour:Colour
- Keywords:TIME, SCIENCE, PRECISION MEASUREMENT, TIME KEEPING, EDUCATIONAL FILM, CLOCKS, MEASUREMENT
- Master Title:CF669
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- Sound:Sound
