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Frames of Reference (1960)

Frames of Reference poster
Directed by
Richard Leacock
Genre
documentary film
Country
Canada
Runtime
27 min
Rating
9.5 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This educational film explains the concept of frames of reference in physics. Two professors demonstrate how motion is relative to the observer's point of view.

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What happens

Frames of Reference is a 1960 black-and-white educational film directed by Richard Leacock, written and presented by Patterson Hume and Donald Ivey, and produced for the Physical Science Study Committee. A recording of this audio was utilized in the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps 2015 show, Kinetic Noise. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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