Weights And Measures
Encyclopaedia Britannica
13::01:17 “...when are we going to stop figuring & measuring things & start doing things?” Boy wants to set up train, father is figuring out set up on paper. Explains how everthing depends on measurements. Montage: football field w/ yard lines, measuring broad jump, pole vault, stop watch & runner, football player & discus. Talk in game room, measure space needed. Diagram of square footage needed for base.
13:04:16 Tommy on farm, waves; w/ Uncles staking out field; compare acre w/ football field.
13:05:10 Figuring size of bin for grain storage. Tom sketches; animated illustration showing cubic feet w/ cubes. Measures bin & does arithmetic on paper.
13:05:56 Watching excavation for house, looks at blueprint w/ dad; truck dumping load of sand. Rides w/ truck onto scale; beam balance scale shown. Truck drives off.
13:08:22 Into Post Office & watches postman weigh package; small scale shown for airmail letter.
13:09:34 Grocery store & man checking scale for accuracy. Explains how it accurate it has to be. CU tweezer & weight.
13:10:23 Measuring cloth, CU of dial.
13:11:02 W/ dad & unpacking train box.
13:11:30 Aircraft drafting room; motor & plane assembly; machining, gage blocks, micrometer. Research laboratory w/ analytical balance weighting paper; man at calculator adding. Weight w/ kilogram marks.
13:13:00 W/ nearly completed electric train; running around circuit.
13:13:14 Montage: Housewife in kitchen weighing ingredients; fruit counted; reading map; electric meter; television set; jet plane; man at balance; engineer; model train. The End.
Educational Film; Father & Son; 1950s; Occupations; Learning;
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Weights And Measures Encyclopaedia Britannica 13::01:17 “...when are we going to stop figuring & measuring things & start doing things?” Boy wants to set up train, father is figuring out set up on paper. Explains how everthing depends on measurements. Montage: football field w/ yard lines, measuring broad jump, pole vault, stop watch & runner, football player & discus. Talk in game room, measure space needed. Diagram of square footage needed for base. 13:04:16 Tommy on farm, waves; w/ Uncles staking out field; compare acre w/ football field. 13:05:10 Figuring size of bin for grain storage. Tom sketches; animated illustration showing cubic feet w/ cubes. Measures bin & does arithmetic on paper. 13:05:56 Watching excavation for house, looks at blueprint w/ dad; truck dumping load of sand. Rides w/ truck onto scale; beam balance scale shown. Truck drives off. 13:08:22 Into Post Office & watches postman weigh package; small scale shown for airmail letter. 13:09:34 Grocery store & man checking scale for accuracy. Explains how it accurate it has to be. CU tweezer & weight. 13:10:23 Measuring cloth, CU of dial. 13:11:02 W/ dad & unpacking train box. 13:11:30 Aircraft drafting room; motor & plane assembly; machining, gage blocks, micrometer. Research laboratory w/ analytical balance weighting paper; man at calculator adding. Weight w/ kilogram marks. 13:13:00 W/ nearly completed electric train; running around circuit. 13:13:14 Montage: Housewife in kitchen weighing ingredients; fruit counted; reading map; electric meter; television set; jet plane; man at balance; engineer; model train. The End. Educational Film; Father & Son; 1950s; Occupations; Learning;