Synopsis
The film "Maps for a Changing World" is a revised edition of a film called "The Airplane Changes the World Map". It was made by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films in collaboration with George T. Renner, JR, Ph.D. Columbia University in 1959. It is to be an educational/argumentative film to demonstrate how airplanes changed world maps. George Renner was a researcher and professor of newly established geography department of Columbia University between 1927 to 1933. Rotating three-dimensional globe stimulation (00:26). A close up of North American map showing less distortion (1:00). Northern America from an even closer range with almost invisible distortion (1:08). Two dimensional maps of the world (1:14). Closer outlook of a topographic map (1:22) Homer’s world map limited to knowledge of the globe of the time (1:31) Flat earther’s map with Athens in the middle and Mediterranean Sea under it surrounded by the “Great River” (1:41). Globe and the vectors of sailing ships (1:55). Close up map of Southern Europe and Northern Africa (2:04). Physical globe made in 1492 (2:18). The routes taken by Christoph Columbus and Vasco de Gama drawn on the globe (2:31). Globe with the axis connecting the North Pole to the South Pole (3:04). A visual simulation of the Equator (3:11). A visual simulation of the Prime Meridian (3:28). Lines drawn parallel to the Equator give North-South distances in degrees (3:41). Lines drawn parallel to the Prime Meridian East-West distances in degrees (3:53).…
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- Running time
- 10 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Northern Africa
- Changing World
- The Airplane Changes
- World Map
- Columbia University
- North American
- Mediterranean Sea
- Great River
- Southern Europe
- Stock Footage
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