Quicker'n a Wink

Quicker'n a Wink

10 mins | Documentary | Oct. 12, 1940

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.

Quicker'n a Wink

10 mins | Documentary | Oct. 12, 1940

Quicker'n a Wink
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Quicker'n a Wink
Directors George Sidney
Writers Buddy Adler

Cast

Pete Smith

as Narrator (voice)

Harold E. Edgerton

as Himself