Moving Still

Synopsis

Charts the development of stroboscopic photography and how it can show things which the naked eye would be unable to detect. MIT Professor Harold Edgerton shows how it is possible to recreate ‘living’ slow motion, making phenomena such as colliding droplets of falling water, visible to the unaided eye. Also shows a bullet leaving the barrel of a gun, the first instance of an atomic fireball, and speeded-up plant movement.

Series

Horizon, Series

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

Year of production

1980

Availability

Sale; 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) INCA 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) BBC

Subjects

Engineering

Keywords

high-speed photography; photography; stroboscopic photography; time-lapse photography

Credits

Producer

Chris Haws

Writer

Chris Haws

Contributor

Simon Campbell-Jones

Cast

Brian Carroll

Production Company

Name

INCA

Notes

Use for: Independent Communications Associates

Name

WGBH Boston

Distributor

Name

BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning

Contact

Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)

Email

BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com

Web

https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 20 8433 1009

Address

BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK

Notes

The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’

Name

INCA (London) Ltd

Contact

William Woollard

Email

incaltd@dial.pipex.com

Web

http://www.inca-productions.com/index.htm External site opens in new window

Phone

020 8748 9600

Fax

020 8748 9607

Address

INCA House
67 Castlenau
Barnes
London
SW13 9RT