| SPECTACLES THROUGH THE AGES Nice film about the history of spectacles. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7284 |
| Catalog #: | 505825 | |
| Clip Number: | 505825-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 96 | |
| Timecode: | 01:15:07 - 01:17:41 | |
| Location: | various | |
| Year Shot: | 1932 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FASHION: Historical (Pre 1900) HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Opthomology and Optometry HISTORICAL RECREATIONS: 17th Century (1600) HISTORICAL RECREATIONS: 18th Century (1700) HISTORICAL RECREATIONS: 19th Century (1800) HISTORICAL RECREATIONS: American Revolution INDUSTRY: Vision Aids | |
| Description: | SPECTACLES THROUGH THE AGES - Sooner or later all of us are interested in spectacles - this little cameo brings us very much up to-date in the preservation of our sight and looks. M/S of man dressed as Roger Baker holding large magnifying glass. The commentator tells us he is suspected by many to be the real inventor of spectacles. M/S of man dressed as Samuel Pepys, he wore glasses with green lenses. M/S of man as Isaac Newton looking at globe of the world. C/U of Newton and his spectacles. The commentator informs us that he "favoured spectacles with tiny lenses." M/S A women wearing clothes from the court of King Louis XV. Suse uses the lornette, glasses held up to the face on a pole (opera glasses). M/S of man dressed as Benjamin Franklin the inventor of the Bi-focals. M/S's of a man and two women wearing modern day glasses. The two glamorous looking women smile and smoke cigarettes. | |
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