A prize winning study of the nature of time. Reduces the concept of time to a human scale ranging through the major historical developments; human’s first notion of time; its relation to movement and more recent concepts of biological time, time in relativistic terms. Uses archival footage, time-lapse photography and innovative methods to deal with this subject. Includes international music by Mohamed Ahmed, S. Balanchander, Panna Lal Ghosh, Ali Akbar Khan, Bismillah Khan, Vilayat Khan, Chatur Lal, Samta Prasad, Alla Rakha and Ravi Shankar. Photographed by Don Levy and Fotis Mesteneos. Narrated by Margaret Robertson.
Credits
director
Don Levy
co-producer
Stephen Toulmin
June Goodfield
production company
Nuffield Foundation
Language
English
Duration
00:29:24:00
Colour
Colour
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
29558
Subject categories
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Speed
Documentary
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Light - Speed
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Motion
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Physics
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Relativity (Physics)
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space and time
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Time
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Time measurements
Short films
Short films → Short films - Great Britain
Sound/audio
Sound
Holdings
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)