Wait A Second Issue Title Is One Moment Please (1940)

Part of ONE MOMENT PLEASE issue. Item showing what can happen in 1 second. Filmed in various locations. C, U of a stopwatch. C, U of couple man says don t be long dear, she replies I ll only be gone one second. Shot is repeated, this time with trick photography: we see the woman reappear after exactly one second, man says that was quick . Various shots of couple looking at 24 frames of film stock, behind them is a movie camera. M, S of man swinging pendulum exactly 39. 1 inches long that s how a second is measured. Various shots of parachutists jumping out of airborne aeroplane. Words 32 feet drop in 1 second are superimposed over image. Various shots of aeroplane. Superimposed over image is title 440 feet travelled each second. A big plane burns one gallon per mile that is 1, 12th of a gallon each second. Diagrams and stills of a Spitfire, a gun and a battleship shelling. Superimposed over top are more statistics about what happens in one second to a bullet, a shell