Wait A Second Issue Title Is One Moment Please (1940)

Part of ONE MOMENT PLEASE issue. Item showing what can happen in 1 second. Filmed in various locations. C/U of a stopwatch. C/U of couple - man says “don’t be long dear“, she replies “I’ll only be gone one second“. Shot is repeated, this time with trick photography: we see the woman reappear after exactly one second, man says “that was quick!“. Various shots of couple looking at 24 frames of film stock, behind them is a movie camera. M/S of man swinging pendulum exactly 39.1 inches long - that’s how a second is measured. Various shots of parachutists jumping out of airborne aeroplane. Words “32 feet drop in 1 second“ are superimposed over image. Various shots of aeroplane. Superimposed over image is title “440 feet travelled each second. A big plane burns one gallon per mile that is 1/12th of a gallon each second“. Diagrams and stills of a Spitfire, a gun and a battleship shelling. Superimposed over top are more statistics about what happens in one second to a bullet, a shell