Radical Beauty Shots

Duration: 1:50

Year Published: 19601971

Creator: ?Encyclopedia Britannica ebec

Complete Record: Car crash tests with crazy organ music and voice over about automobile accidents: 1960s convertible car with dummy passengers travels down rural road, veers off and crashes into tree. Slow motion of car crashing into tree shot from behind the tree. Two test cars travel down rural road, sedan veers off and crashes into tree, station wagon stops next to crash spot. Side view of sedan impact with tree in slow motion, view from behind tree of impact in slow motion, car smashes into a million pieces. Slow motion of 1960s car running over dummy pedestrians shot from roof of car. Freeze frame on adult dummy hitting hood of car. Side view of car running over dummy pedestrians. Freeze frame of impact. View continues as car curves around, running over dummy pedestrians. Rooftop view of adult pedestrian bouncing off of hood and being run over. TAIL/HEAD LEADER ‘Encyclopedia Britannica Film in collaboration with Albert V. Baez’ ‘Standing Waves and the Principle of Superposition’ 1971 Close up shots of drippy, liquid colors moving around. Looks like oil on top of water with iridescent moving color patterns. organ music playing with psychedelic liquid color patterns. Shot of laser beam going from machine through lens and into camera. B/W footage of Tacoma Narrows suspension bridge oscillating and collapsing from on bridge and on shoreline. 1940s cars bounce on oscillating bridge as man watches from road. END