Clocks and time

Year Published: 1958

Creator: KQED San Francisco Kathleen Rawlings Richard Moore Robert Nissen Bash Kennett Lillian Patterson

Format: 16mm

Description: Bash tells us that there were no clocks or watches aboard the Mayflower and that the watch was invented after the first settlers in America had landed. The history of mechanical methods to tell time is told by Bash from the marking of shadows by the sundial through early water clocks, notched candles on to the developments of clocks. Songs include “Dillar A Dollar,” “Grandfather’s Clock” and “Dublin City.” The Lillian Patterson dance group performs in this program.

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