Take Your Time (1936)
Item title reads Take your time An item showing the history of instruments that help us tell the time. M, S night shot of Big Ben from the river Thames. M, S of a big flower clock, M, S of a big compass. M, S of the sun. M, S of a diagram of the sun opposite Greenwich showing how it divides the day. M, S of a sundial on the front of a house. M, S diagram of shadow clock from 1000 B. C. M, S of 10th century shadow clock. Various shots of different sundials. M, S of a dragon clock which casts a shadow behind it. M, S of a ring with a hole in it, the spot of light shows what time it is. M, S of a sundial alarm clock which fires a small cannon at whatever time you want. L, S of a real cannon which is fired at Liverpool to mark the time, M, S of guards looking at their watches. M, S of Egyptian water clock for use at night. Various shots of candle clock, sandglass, sermon glass, and lamp clock. M, S of a pendulum discovered by Galileo in 1592. Various shots of pendulum clockwork mechanisms. M, S of Japanese
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