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Quicker'n a Wink (1940)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 10M

Director : George Sidney

Synopsis

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to see in slow motion what happens during events that occur too fast to be seen by the naked eye. Examples shown here include a bullet in flight as it shatters a light bulb, the moment of impact when a kicker kicks a football, and the motion of a hummingbird's wings as it hovers.

Actors

Pete Smith
Pete Smith
Narrator (voice)
Harold E. Edgerton
Harold E. Edgerton
Himself

Crews

George Sidney
George Sidney
Director
Buddy Adler
Buddy Adler
Writer
Pete Smith
Pete Smith
Producer
Walter Lundin
Walter Lundin
Director of Photography
Philip W. Anderson
Philip W. Anderson
Editor

Posters and backgrounds

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