| FALL OF A FEATHER A giant amplifier exaggerates the sound of a falling feather millions of times over. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7136 |
| Catalog #: | 501238 | |
| Clip Number: | 501238-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NP 236 | |
| Timecode: | 01:24:00 - 01:25:17 | |
| Location: | London. | |
| Year Shot: | 1949 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/RECORDING INDUSTRY: Equipment INVENTIONS: Misc. LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London SCIENCE: Acoustics | |
| Description: | Fall of a feather. London. M/S of recording equipment, a man walks up and adjusts the giant amplifier. C/U's of various parts of the machine including milliamperes dial. M/S of engineers listening in to amplifier and tuning into cathode-ray tube in oscilloscope. They demonstrate by dropping a feather beside a microphone and recording the noise that it makes. C/U of radar showing on tube. The noise sounds like a giant explosion. | |


