The Einstein Theory of Relativity
About The Einstein Theory of Relativity
Animated diagrams set out Einstein's ideas without a classroom lecture. One figure walks toward the stern of a ship at the same speed the ship pulls away from shore, so he is still relative to the land and moving backward relative to the deck. Later drawings take up the fourth dimension and light rays that bend.
Cast & crew
More about The Einstein Theory of Relativity
Dave Fleischer directed; Max Fleischer is also credited. The short was made with science writer Garrett P. Serviss and released on 8 February 1923. A two-reel cut played in theaters. AFI lists a longer school version at four reels (4,000 feet). Drawings were taken from Hanns Walter Kornblum's 1922 German film Die Grundlagen der Einsteinschen Relativitätstheorie, and AFI lists Kornblum as a supervisor.
Themes
Notes
- In August 1922 Scientific American wrote that a silent film alone would not teach relativity to a general audience, and it printed frames from an unnamed German picture.
- Premier Productions copyrighted the American film on 25 April 1923, number MP2271.
- AFI credits Edwin Miles Fadman as president and Garrett P. Serviss as film editor.
Scenes
- A man walks toward the stern while the ship leaves the shore, and the diagram shows two different motions at once.
