Frames of reference. Stephen White, Richard Leacock, directors, Kevin Smith, producer, Educational Services, Incorporated, 1960., 1960
Dates
- Creation: 1960
Language of Materials
Material is in English.
Access Restrictions
Access by appointment only. Applications to consult this material should be directed to the staff of the Harvard Film Archive.
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Extent
1 collection (61 16mm film prints)General note
Educational science film featuring professors Patterson Hume and Donald Ivey. The film demonstrates through a variety of experiments the distinction between an inertial and non-inertial frame of reference, and the appearance of fictional forces in a non-inertial frame. Opens on a scene in which what at first appears to be down is gravitationally up, and a sequence in which it is difficult to identify whether the foreground or background is in motion. Using slow-motion photography the path traveled by a ball dropped from a stationary and constant velocity cart is studied from both fixed.
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard Film Archive, Harvard Library, Harvard University Repository
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