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  • Quicker'n a Wink (1940)
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    Short | 10 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
Quicker'n a Wink (1940)
Approved
Short | 10 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy

In this Pete Smith Specialty, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to see in slow motion what happens during events that occur too fast to be seen by the naked eye. ...See moreIn this Pete Smith Specialty, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to see in slow motion what happens during events that occur too fast to be seen by the naked eye. Examples shown here include a bullet in flight as it shatters a light bulb, the moment of impact when a kicker kicks a football, and a the motion of a hummingbird's wings as it hovers. Written by David Glagovsky See less
Director
Writer
Buddy Adler (screenplay) (as E. Maurice Adler)
Cinematographer
Editor
Philip W. Anderson (as Philip Anderson)
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Updated Oct 12, 1940

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Oct 12, 1940 (United States)

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6 cast members
Name Known for
Clarence Curtis
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
Tex Harris
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
Charles Lacey
Self - hitting a golf ball through a phone book (uncredited) Self - hitting a golf ball through a phone book (uncredited)   See fewer
June Preisser
Starlet blowing a bubble (uncredited) Starlet blowing a bubble (uncredited)   See fewer
Pete Smith
Narrator (voice) (uncredited) Narrator (voice) (uncredited)   See fewer
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