Surface Tension

Duration: 10

Year Published: 1968

Creator: P. Feinstein

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: A minimalist structural film in three parts: a comic static shot emphasizing the passage of time; a fast motion tour through a city with fractured German commentary; and a slow seascape with fish floating midscreen. In this last section, phrases translated from the German commentary are printed over the image. , Uses experiments to explain surface tension of water. Illustrates with soap bubbles, balloons, and a razor blade floating on water. Explains how surface tension of water may be made weak, thus providing power for a cardboard boat. (WCET) Kinescope.

Complete Record: A minimalist structural film in three parts: a comic static shot emphasizing the passage of time; a fast motion tour through a city with fractured German commentary; and a slow seascape with fish floating midscreen. In this last section, phrases translated from the German commentary are printed over the image. , Uses experiments to explain surface tension of water. Illustrates with soap bubbles, balloons, and a razor blade floating on water. Explains how surface tension of water may be made weak, thus providing power for a cardboard boat. (WCET) Kinescope.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.