The story of time

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Movie
Original title The story of time
Country of production Great Britain
original language English
Publishing year 1951
length 10 mins
Rod
script Michael Stainer-Hutchins
production Robert G. Leffingwell
for Signal Films
music Guy Warrack
camera Frans Hendrix

The Story of Time is a British short film from 1951.

action

The narrator reports on the creation of time measurement. The sun played a central role, thanks to its shine and the associated shadows, the day could be divided into time segments at an early stage. In ancient Egypt , the first time measuring devices were created with the sundial . However, clouds, storms or the night could prevent this time measurement. Fire watches finally helped to determine the time even at night. This was followed by innovations such as the water clock and the hourglass , with the determined time intervals becoming smaller and smaller and finally reaching into the seconds range. Metal clocks led to a new way of measuring time. Galileo Galilei developed the pendulum clock , followed by the mechanical clock. John Harrison developed the first marine chronometer while the development of the automatic watch continued in the 20th century . Numerous attempts fail before Hans Wilsdorf succeeded in developing the automatic watch, which is also shock and water resistant.

production

The Story of Time was produced for Rolex by Robert G. Leffingwell . The film was made in Technicolor and mixed real film recordings with animation sequences (stop motion and animation). The animation comes from Frans Hendrix, who also acted as cameraman. The music composed by Guy Warrack was played by the London Symphony Orchestra .

Awards

At the 1951 Berlinale , the film received the golden plaque for the best advertising film. The Story of Time was nominated for an Oscar in 1952 in the category " Best Short Film (One Film Role ) ", but could not prevail against World of Kids .

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