| WAIT A SECOND (aka ONE MOMENT PLEASE) Item showing what and how much can happen in just one second. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 46 |
| Catalog #: | 434078 | |
| Clip Number: | 434078-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NSP 213 | |
| Timecode: | 10:03:03 - 10:05:45 | |
| Location: | Various | |
| Year Shot: | 1940 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CLOCKS: Time | |
| Description: | Same as catalog # 264103 Highly entertaining ruminations on the concept of ... one second. CU stopwatch with ticking hand, 60 Minutes style. MS woman in fur coat with man; she leaves and says, "I'll only be gone a second." CU stopwatch again to show she didn't mean a literal second. Replay same scene with woman cut out and returning in precisely one second. Interesting MS of man and woman in studio in front of huge motion picture camera, examing 24 frames of film. Graphic of man setting pendulum in motion; interesting film images with titles superimposed showing how far they move or drop in a second: parachutists, airplane (bomber, with figures on fuel consumption -- 1/12 of a gallon per second), illustration of Spitfire, film shots of a hand in CU shooting a pistol, battleship with 16 inch guns. CU graphic showing relative distances covered by bullet, Spitfire, bomber, and sound itself. CU candle in studio, graphic showing how far light goes in one second: almost to the moon. Odd industrial images: gas plant, water culvert, pistons of large engine, with figures for London's consumption in one second. Good LS Niagara Falls with tour boat, no title. CU man from above who says, "Blimey, that reminds me; I forgot to turn the bath off." | |
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