Time and clocks

John G. King discusses concepts of time measurement and demonstrates devices used to measure and record time intervals from one second down to .0000000001 second, with possible extension by a further five places in certain cases. Points out the problem of verifying accuracy of a clock and considers briefly psychological time and the possibility of a limit to division of time.

Credits

production company

Educational Services

director

Milan Herzog

Duration

00:27:22:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1960

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

010945

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Science - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Clocks and watches

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science - Study and teaching

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Time - Systems and standards

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Time measurements

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1960

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