Created by:

MPO Television Films, American, 1950 - 1970  Search this

Edited by:

Tee Beveridge, American, 1923 - 1993  Search this

Commissioned by:

Hamilton Watch Company, American, founded 1892  Search this

Narrated by:

Burgess Meredith, American, 1907 - 1997  Search this

Owned by:

Pearl Bowser, American, 1931 - 2023  Search this

Medium:

acetate film

Dimensions:

Physical extent (film): 700 ft

Duration (digital file): 00:17:59

Type:

sound films

color films (visual works)

short subjects

16mm (photographic film size)

Place made:

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted:

Egypt, Africa

Italy, Europe

Date:

1959

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.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Advertising  Search this

Business  Search this

Film  Search this

Mass media  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pearl Bowser

Object number:

2012.79.1.3.1a

Restrictions & Rights:

Public Domain

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title:

Pearl Bowser Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58dab8ae0-33c0-4df8-8d88-37795f7e5114

EDAN-URL:

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