Fastax-tion

★★★★ · How Long Does It Take to Throw a Pie? · Christine Hennig · 2006-06-11

Early 60s 3-M film designed to sell the Fastax high speed movie camera to engineers. The various uses of the camera by different companies to study high-speed motion are profiled, from Hercules Powerâs study of rocket engine firing to Munsingwearâs identification of a faulty knitting needle in one of their high-speed knitting machines. Lots of samples of high-speed photography are shown and these are the most interesting sequences of the film. The scene of popcorn popping in slow motion should have been used in a drive-in snack bar promo, the scene of big ugly 50s cars in crash tests should…

★★ · Slow moving film about Fastax-tion cameras. · Spuzz · 2003-09-15

this film about fast action cameras starts out promisingly but seems to get bogged down at it's demo on how it could be used, mainly for military uses, but SOME other uses are shown too. I did like the very clever title sequences and the first demos. But after that, the demonstrations didn't seem too interesting to hold my interest (rocket engines! Oh boy!) and therefore, my level of tolerance was thwarted! THWARTED I say! lol