I was reading about dinosaurs and there were supposed to have been feathered ones that looked more like birds than giant lizards. I have also read that birds and dinosaurs shared some common features besides a few feathers. I guess the issue of whether birds came from dinosaurs has been studied by scientists for a very long time and some recent discoveries may even support the theory.
Also, near China, fossils have been found of in recent years of bird like dinosaurs, or dinosaurs that may have been covered in feathers. Scientists believe that some of these dino-birds date back about 125 million years or more and share common structures such as bones, skull and teeth with known bird species. Feather fossils have also been found to support that some of these dinosaurs were covered in feathers and may be the ancestors of the birds today. very cool and very fascinating.
From 1936 I think, this is a black and white movie that tries to explain how motion pictures work and why we see a continuing sequence of images.
Old movies are pretty interesting because they look so simple. We have become so used to special effects and computer animation. Seeing simple diagrams in a video and still being entertained, almost seems foreign.
The movie description is this
“MOTION PICTURES ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY PERSISTENCE OF VISION. ITS PRINCIPLES EXPLAINED WITH ANIMATION, DIAGRAMS. STUNT DRIVER ROLLS CAR OVER. GOOD SHOTS AUDIENCES, PATRONS ENTERING THEATRE, PROJECTION EQUIPMENT. PROCESS SHOT OF AUDIENCE WATCHING FILM.”
This movie is narrated and has all sorts of diagrams and visuals to help with the explanation of how movies work. There is also a big crash at the end, starring a Chevy, of course.
