Object Details
- Created by
- MPO Television Films, American, 1950 - 1970
- Edited by
- Tee Beveridge, American, 1923 - 1993
- Commissioned by
- Hamilton Watch Company, American, founded 1892
- Narrated by
- Burgess Meredith, American, 1907 - 1997
- Owned by
- Pearl Bowser, American, 1931 - 2023
- Caption
- "Ages of Time" is a corporate film produced by the Hamilton Watch Company in 1959. it chronicles the history of time and timekeeping, and is narrated by Burgess Meredith.
- Description
- A short corporate documentary film with the title Ages of Time. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm acetate film with optical sound. It chronicles the history of timekeeping and was edited by African American film editor Hortense Beveridge. "Ages of Time" was produced in 1959 by the Hamilton Watch Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania and is narrated by renowned actor Burgess Meredith.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pearl Bowser
- 1959
- Object number
- 2012.79.1.3.1a
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- sound films
- color films (visual works)
- short subjects
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Medium
- acetate film
- Dimensions
- Physical extent (film): 700 ft
- Duration (digital file): 00:17:59
- Place made
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Egypt, Africa
- Italy, Europe
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Collection title
- Pearl Bowser Collection
- Classification
- Time-based Media - Moving Images
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Advertising
- Business
- Film
- Mass media
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2012.79.1.3.1a
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58dab8ae0-33c0-4df8-8d88-37795f7e5114
