Summary

MOTION

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Title: MOTION
File Number: VTM-135DI Beta SP
Color: Color
Type: Educational
Year: 1968
Description: Color 1968 Educational film, original and innovative, about the laws of motion and gravity. A science teacher takes his daughter and other children to the amusement park at Coney Island, and uses the various rides to illustrate principles of physics. Lots of footage of amusement park rides, including the famous Cyclone roller coaster, which appears throughout. A boy with a red wagon appears throughout. The two teenage girls appearing throughout have a very 1960s look. Excellent color and composition. 01:47:06:00 Color 1968 ws Man, two teenage girls and two younger boys stop to look at the Cyclone roller coaster at Coney Island VS the roller coaster in motion. 01:47:42:00 Color 1968 ms Amusement arcade booth: people throw darts at balloons. 01:51:45:00 Color 1968 Amusement park ride in which people in a rotating drum are held up by centrifugal force. 01:52:07:00 Color 1968 ms Food tray: hot dog on paper plate, & 4 paper cups of soda. MCU boy's hand grabs hot dog (at 1:53:06). 01:53:40:00 Color 1968 ws Log flume ride. 01:53:53:00 Color 1968 ms "Skee-ball" amusement: bowling into a bull's-eye. 01:54:25:00 Color 1968 cu Teenage girl inflates a balloon. 01:55:28:00 Color 1968 ws Cyclone roller coaster, various, including POV shots
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