Synopsis
This film "About Time" was one of the “Bell System Science Series”, which consisted of nine educational television specials made for the AT&T Corporation and originally broadcast on TV from 1956 to 1964. This episode, hosted by Dr. Frank Baxter, focuses on the properties of time and how we track it. The screenplay was written by Richard Hobson, Nancy Pitt, and Leo Salkin. It was directed by Owen Crump. Phil Monroe directed the animations. The film starred Richard Deacon and Les Tremayne and included various consultants including famed physicist Dr. Richard Feynman. The film opens with the King's Assistant, time expert Dr. Frank Baxter, and King talking to each other (0:20). Animation representing pieces of time (1:39). Cartoon clock with a changing background (2:34). Dr. Gerald J. Wasserburg, professor of Geology and Geophysics at the California Institute of Technology (3:38). Fossils and minerals (3:47). Uranium and then lead (4:08). Two men talk to each other (4:32). Balanced Rock, Arches National Park in Utah (4:35). Snow covered mountain peaks (4:39). Men beating down rocks (4:39). Grand Canyon (4:44). Time expert speaks (5:00). Sea (5:04). Desert dunes (5:17). Rain coming down hard (5:21). River going through a mountain valley (5:25). Glaciers (5:28). Dirt and rocks moving as a result of an earthquake (5:36). Lava from a volcano (5:47). Time expert talking to the assistant and the king (5:58). People reading books/newspapers on a sidewalk and someone using an air pump…
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Details
- Running time
- 25 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Arches National Park
- About Time
- Bell System Science Series
- Richard Hobson
- Nancy Pitt
- Leo Salkin
- Owen Crump
- Richard Deacon
- Les Tremayne
- California Institute