Precisely So

Duration: 20 min

Year Published: 1940

Creator: Handy (Jam) Organization

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: The development of modern standards of accuracy from ancient times. Scientific instruments which measure time to the thousandth part of second—how tiny a dot of a lead pencil on a piece of paper—split photography, precision tools. Precision instruments do precision jobs.

Complete Record: THROUGH THE MICROSCOPE IS THE FANTASTIC LAND BEYOND HUMAN VISION, WHERE MEN WEIGH SMOKE, WHERE ELECTRIC SPARKS ARE SLUGGISH, & WHERE SOLID STEEL IS BENT BY A FEATHER TOUCH." EVOLUTION & TECHNIQUES OF PRECISION MEASUREMENT, SHOP PROCESSES.

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946