Take Your Time (1936)

Item title reads - Take your time! An item showing the history of instruments that help us tell the time. M/S night shot of Big Ben from the river Thames. M/S of a big flower clock, M/S of a big compass. M/S of the sun. M/S of a diagram of the sun opposite Greenwich showing how it divides the day. M/S of a sundial on the front of a house. M/S diagram of shadow clock from 1000 B.C. M/S of 10th century shadow clock. Various shots of different sundials. M/S of a dragon clock which casts a shadow behind it. M/S of a ring with a hole in it, the spot of light shows what time it is. M/S of a sundial alarm clock which fires a small cannon at whatever time you want. L/S of a real cannon which is fired at Liverpool to mark the time, M/S of guards looking at their watches. M/S of Egyptian water clock for use at night. Various shots of candle clock, sandglass, sermon glass, and lamp clock. M/S of a pendulum discovered by Galileo in 1592. Various shots of pendulum clockwork mechanisms. M/S of Japanese