1954TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, GENERAL
THIS FILM TRACES THE DEVELOPMENT OF ILLUMINATION TECHNIQUES FROM THE DAWN OF HISTORY UNTIL THE PRESENT TIME. IT DISCUSSES THE MANY EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED TO PRODUCE BETTER LIGHT. THE STORY OF LIGHT.
FULL MOON. FOREST FIRE. HAND LIGHTS TORCH FROM FIRE. PRIMITIVE HANDS GRIND CORN, SEEDS. BURNING. PRIMITIVE TOOLS DIG AT DIRT. SPIN CLAY POT. ALADDIN OIL LAMP. CASTLE AT NIGHT. LIT BY FIRE TORCHES. LIGHT COMES OUT OF STAINED GLASS WINDOWS OF CHURCH. CANDLES. PAN UP TO CEILING. MEDIEVAL TIMES. MONK WITH QUILL PEN WRITES MANUSCRIPT BY CANDLE LIGHT. MONK MAKES CANDLES. PALACE, MANSION. CHANDELIER, CANDELABRA OF CANDLES LIT BY FANCY SERVANT. MAKE SPARKS WITH ROCKS AND FLINT. ERA OF WIGS AND COSTUMES. COLONIAL TIMES. READING AND SEWING BY CANDLE LIGHT. ROYALTY. CARRYING LANTERN AT NIGHT. MAN SHOVELS COAL INTO FURNACE. TURNING GEARS. HISTORICAL RECREATION. ADVENT OF MACHINES. LIGHT COMES FROM WINDOWS. BOY USES FUNNEL WHEN POURING OIL INTO LAMP. LAMP LIGHTER PUTS IT INTO STREET LAMP. GAS LIGHTS LIT. MAN GETS OUT OF COACH. HANDS DRIVER COIN. SERVANT GREETS MASTER. MAID LIGHTS LAMP. VICTORIAN ERA. LIGHTS AT WINDOW. LIGHTNING, THUNDER STORM. TINY GEARS LIGHTHOUSE. PLANS FOR EARLY LIGHT BULBS. DIFFERENT BULBS. EARLY LIGHT SWITCHES. BULBS GO ON. MAID TURNS LIGHT UP. WOMAN SITS AT VANITY. BOOK OF LIGHT EXPERIMENTS. TURN WHEEL TO PRODUCE STATIC ELECTRICITY, HAND ON SPINNING BALL. CRACKLING ELECTRICAL DEVICES ALA FRANKENSTEIN. NEON. MARQUEE. DOUBLE DECKER BUS IN LONDON. PEOPLE IN OFFICE. STORE WINDOW DISPLAY WITH MANNEQUINS. FLASHLIGHT. TRAFFIC LIGHT. COAL MINERS WITH LIGHT ON HELMET. DOCTOR GETS SWEAT WIPED OFF HIS BROW. OPERATION. HOSPITAL LIT UP AT NIGHT. HIGH ANGLE CITY AT NIGHT. LONDON BRIDGE AT NIGHT. SWIRLY SHAPED.
FULL MOON. FOREST FIRE. HAND LIGHTS TORCH FROM FIRE. PRIMITIVE HANDS GRIND CORN, SEEDS. BURNING. PRIMITIVE TOOLS DIG AT DIRT. SPIN CLAY POT. ALADDIN OIL LAMP. CASTLE AT NIGHT. LIT BY FIRE TORCHES. LIGHT COMES OUT OF STAINED GLASS WINDOWS OF CHURCH. CANDLES. PAN UP TO CEILING. MEDIEVAL TIMES. MONK WITH QUILL PEN WRITES MANUSCRIPT BY CANDLE LIGHT. MONK MAKES CANDLES. PALACE, MANSION. CHANDELIER, CANDELABRA OF CANDLES LIT BY FANCY SERVANT. MAKE SPARKS WITH ROCKS AND FLINT. ERA OF WIGS AND COSTUMES. COLONIAL TIMES. READING AND SEWING BY CANDLE LIGHT. ROYALTY. CARRYING LANTERN AT NIGHT. MAN SHOVELS COAL INTO FURNACE. TURNING GEARS. HISTORICAL RECREATION. ADVENT OF MACHINES. LIGHT COMES FROM WINDOWS. BOY USES FUNNEL WHEN POURING OIL INTO LAMP. LAMP LIGHTER PUTS IT INTO STREET LAMP. GAS LIGHTS LIT. MAN GETS OUT OF COACH. HANDS DRIVER COIN. SERVANT GREETS MASTER. MAID LIGHTS LAMP. VICTORIAN ERA. LIGHTS AT WINDOW. LIGHTNING, THUNDER STORM. TINY GEARS LIGHTHOUSE. PLANS FOR EARLY LIGHT BULBS. DIFFERENT BULBS. EARLY LIGHT SWITCHES. BULBS GO ON. MAID TURNS LIGHT UP. WOMAN SITS AT VANITY. BOOK OF LIGHT EXPERIMENTS. TURN WHEEL TO PRODUCE STATIC ELECTRICITY, HAND ON SPINNING BALL. CRACKLING ELECTRICAL DEVICES ALA FRANKENSTEIN. NEON. MARQUEE. DOUBLE DECKER BUS IN LONDON. PEOPLE IN OFFICE. STORE WINDOW DISPLAY WITH MANNEQUINS. FLASHLIGHT. TRAFFIC LIGHT. COAL MINERS WITH LIGHT ON HELMET. DOCTOR GETS SWEAT WIPED OFF HIS BROW. OPERATION. HOSPITAL LIT UP AT NIGHT. HIGH ANGLE CITY AT NIGHT. LONDON BRIDGE AT NIGHT. SWIRLY SHAPED.
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B&W FOOTAGE OF BREEZE BLOWING LEAVES ON A VERY DARK NIGHT
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| 01:00:10 10.21 |
CLOUDS BLWOING BY FULL MOON
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| 01:00:18 18.43 |
BEGINNING OF A FOREST FIRE. LEAVES CATCHING FLAMES. FULL MOON BEHIND
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| 01:00:28 28.94 |
HANDS LIGHT TORCH FROM BURNING OUTDOOR FIRE. HOODED PERSON CARRIES LIT TORCH IN THE DARK
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| 01:00:46 46.8 |
PRIMITIVE WALL DRAWINGS BEHIND BURNING FLAME
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| 01:01:10 69.99 |
BURNING FLAME
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| 01:01:15 75.15 |
GARDEN HOE DIGGING IN DIRT
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| 01:01:18 78.71 |
HANDS WORKING WITH CLAY ON A SPINNING WHEEL MAKING A POT
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| 01:01:21 81.53 |
CU OF HANDS GRINDING SEEDS BY RUBBING THEM BETWEEN TWO LARGE ROCKS. PRIMITIVE MORTER AND PESTLE.
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| 01:01:35 95.31 |
HANDS GRINDING CORN USING PRIMITIVE SPINNING WHEEL
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| 01:01:39 99.1 |
ALADDIN OIL LAMP
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| 01:01:50 110.78 |
LARGE BRICK CASTLE AT NIGHT
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| 01:01:58 118.37 |
LIGHT SHINES FROM THE INSIDE OF A CASTLE AT NIGHT
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| 01:02:03 123.09 |
BURNING FLAMES OF A FIRE PLACE INSIDE OF THE CASTLE
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| 01:02:10 130.56 |
LIGHT REFLECTS OFF OF STAINED GLASS WINDOWS OF A BUILDING. MAYBE A CHURCH
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| 01:02:20 140.48 |
INSIDE OF AN OLD CHURCH
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| 01:02:36 156.31 |
INTRICATE CEILING OF AN OLD DARK CHURCH
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| 01:02:39 159.59 |
OLD DRAWINGS ON THE INSIDE WALL OF A CHURCH
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| 01:02:52 172.39 |
MONK WRITES WITH QUILL BY CANDLE LIGHT INSIDE OF A CHURCH
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| 01:03:10 190.75 |
MONK MAKES CANDLES
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| 01:03:20 200.25 |
HANDS PEELING BARK OFF SMALL TWIGS BY CANDLE LIGHT
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| 01:03:32 212.08 |
OLD THATCH ROOFED HOUSE AT NIGHT
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| 01:03:39 219.45 |
HUGE OLD MANSION OR PALACE
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| 01:03:50 230.03 |
VICTORIAN DRESSED MAN LIGHTS CANDELABRA INSIDE OF A PALACE
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| 01:03:54 234.39 |
CLOSE UP OF CANDELABRA CHANDELIER BEING LIT WITH LONG MATCH
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| 01:04:01 241.92 |
ARIEL SHOT OF VICTORIAN DRESSED MAN REACHING UP TO LIGHT CANDELABRA
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| 01:04:06 246.1 |
HANDS OF MAN WEARING RUFFLED WHITE VICTORIAN STYLE SHIRT LIGHTS CANDLE USING A FLINT TO START THE FLAME
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| 01:04:41 281.59 |
OLD FASHION SERVANTS SIT AROUND A TABLE BY CANDLE LIGHT SEWING AND KNITTING. FANCY MALE BUTLER READS FROM A BOOK FROM THAT ERA. CLOSE OP OF BOOK PAGES
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| 01:05:17 317.02 |
MAN IN BLACK CARRYING LANTERN AT NIGHT. CAMERA PANS UP TO SHOW A TOWER OF THE CASTLE AGAINST THE NIGHT SKY. SMOKE BILLOWS OUT FROM THE TOP.
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| 01:05:39 339.95 |
MAN SHOVELS COAL INTO FURNACE
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| 01:06:12 372.16 |
TURNING GEARS
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| 01:06:39 399.9 |
LIGHT SHINES THROUGH THE WINDOWS OF A LARGE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING AT NIGHT
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| 01:06:49 409.7 |
YOUNG BOYS POURS OIL THOUGH A FUNNEL TO LIGHT AN OIL LAMP THEN HANDS IT TO A MAN STANDING ON A LADDER. HE PUTS IT INTO A STREET LAMP.
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| 01:07:20 440.69 |
VARIOUS SHOTS OF OIL LAMPS BEING LIT
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| 01:08:00 480.65 |
HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE. MAN GETS OUT OF COACH DRESSED IN CLOAK AND TOP HAT. HANDS DRIVER A COIN.
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| 01:08:19 499.46 |
SERVANT CARRYING A LAMP GREETS MAN AT THE DOOR AS HE WALKS IN FROM COACH.
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| 01:08:29 509.48 |
OLD FASHIONED MAID FILLS OIL LAMP AND LIGHTS IT.
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| 01:08:44 524.1 |
LIGHT SHINES FROM THE WINDOWS OF A LARGE MANSION AT NIGHT. CAMERA PANS UP TO SHOW LIGHTENING IN THE SKY.
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| 01:09:03 543.79 |
F H HOLMES LAMP SCARLETT BROS ENGINEERS - LONDON ENGRAVED IN MACHINE. CLOSE OF OF IT'S SPINNING GEARS AND PARTS. BEGINING OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LIGHT BULB.
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| 01:09:21 561.08 |
LIGHT SHINES FROM A LIGHTHOUSE.
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| 01:09:26 566.14 |
OLD DRAWINGS "LIGHTING BROADWAY NEW YORK"
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| 01:09:32 572.3 |
CU OF HANDS WORKING ON DEVELOPING NEW LIGHTING INVENTION
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| 01:09:39 579.05 |
CLOSE UP OF AN EARLY LIGHT BULB
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| 01:09:43 583.33 |
CU OF HANDS TESTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LIGHT BULB
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| 01:09:56 596.54 |
HANDS TURING A SWITCH THAT LIGHTS A WALL MOUNTED LAMP.
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| 01:10:23 623.07 |
MAID TURNS ON LAMP
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| 01:10:29 629.62 |
PEOPLE SHOPPING INSIDE OF A STORE LIT UP WITH LIGHT BULBS.
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| 01:10:40 640.38 |
VICTORIAN STYLE WOMAN SITS DOWN AT A VANITY INSIDE OF A ROOM WELL LIT WITH A CEILING LIGHTBULB
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| 01:10:44 644 |
CU OF BOOK ABOUT LIGHT AND ELECTRICITY
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| 01:10:53 653.72 |
HAND TURNS WHEEL ATTACHED TO GLASS BALL TO CREATE STATIC ELECTRICITY.
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| 01:11:23 683.58 |
CU OF ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT SYSTEM
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| 01:11:45 705.11 |
NEON LIGHTS ON OUTSIDE OF CITY BUILDINGS.
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| 01:11:53 713.82 |
DOUBLE DECKER BUSSES LIT UP AT NIGHT
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| 01:11:58 718.17 |
EARLY ELECTRIC STREET LAMPS AT NIGHT
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| 01:12:03 723.47 |
MAN ADJUSTS A HALOGEN OVERHEAD LIGHT IN AN OFFICE.
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| 01:12:06 726.31 |
MAN SITS AT AN OFFICE DESK WITH LARGE OVERHEAD LIGHT ON THE CEILING. HIS SECRETARY STANDS OVER HIS SHOULDER
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| 01:12:11 731.01 |
MANNEQUINS IN A DERSS SHOP WINDOW WELL LIT WITH OVERHEAD LIGHTS.
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| 01:12:18 738.55 |
MAN WALKS IN THE DARK HOLDING A FLASHLIGHT
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| 01:12:25 745.85 |
STEAM TRAIN
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| 01:12:30 750.9 |
STREAT LIGHTS
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| 01:12:33 753.95 |
COAL MINERS WEARNING HEAD LAMPS
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| 01:12:47 767.9 |
SURGEONS WORKING ON A PATIENT WITH THE HELP OF A BRIGHT OVERHEAD LIGHT
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| 01:12:58 778.87 |
CU OF BRIGHT LIGHT INSIDE OF A HOSPITAL
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| 01:13:04 784.11 |
HUGE HOSPITAL LIT UP AT NIGHT. LIGHT SHINES THROUGH MOST OF THE WINDOWS.
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| 01:13:13 793.6 |
VARIOUS WIDE SHOTS AND AERIAL SHOTS OF LONDON LIT UP AT NIGHT.
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| 01:13:33 813.04 |
END CREDITS
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| 01:13:42 822.75 |
END REEL
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