<I>Ages of Time</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1959
name: label: Created by
content: MPO Television Films, American, 1950 - 1970
label: Edited by
content: Tee Beveridge, American, 1923 - 1993
label: Commissioned by
content: Hamilton Watch Company, American, founded 1892
label: Narrated by
content: Burgess Meredith, American, 1907 - 1997
label: Owned by
content: Pearl Bowser, American, 1931 - 2023
notes: label: Caption
content: "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.
label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Egypt, Africa
label: Place depicted
content: Italy, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Mass media
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Pearl Bowser Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pearl Bowser
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.79.1.3.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: short subjects
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film): 700 ft
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (digital file): 00:17:59