1954 - Educational Film: Weights And Measures

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Weights And Measures Encyclopaedia Britannica 03:53:11 “...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. 03:56:09 Tommy on farm, waves; w/ Uncles staking out field; compare acre w/ football field. 03:57:05 Figuring size of bin for grain storage. Tom sketches; animated illustration showing cubic feet w/ cubes. Measures bin & does arithmetic on paper. 03:59:50 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. 04:00:16 Into Post Office & watches postman weigh package; small scale shown for airmail letter. 04:01:29 Grocery store & man checking scale for accuracy. Explains how it accurate it has to be. CU tweezer & weight. 04:02:17 Measuring cloth, CU of dial. 04:02:58 W/ dad & unpacking train box. 04:03:24 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. 04:04:54 W/ nearly completed electric train; running around circuit. 04:05:07 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; Comparing; Scales; NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk