Tyger
Paranormal Adept
Not sure if this kind of thread is already somewhere here but I think these old chronoscopes are fascinating for umpteen reasons - history most of all, but they show us how very far we really have come in the last 60 years. Just in terms of the public's sophistication with scientific concepts.
I will be posting more historical videos on this thread. I find them compelling. Especially the Longines Watch commercial at the end of what was just over a 12:00 minute program.
Here is one chronoscope from 1954. At about just past 11:00, the 'Flying Saucer' question is posed.
Consider, too, that Sputnik was only 3 years away - this seems so far away from the 'Space Race'.
Longines Chronoscope - Flying Saucers. (200LW359)
TEXT: "DECEMBER 1, 1954 Participants: Minton Rosen, head, Rocket Development for Naval Research Laboratories, interviewed by Larry Lesueur and Lou Cioffi. Topics: Rockets, satellites, space travel, moon exploration, and flying saucers. (200LW359)"
I will be posting more historical videos on this thread. I find them compelling. Especially the Longines Watch commercial at the end of what was just over a 12:00 minute program.
Here is one chronoscope from 1954. At about just past 11:00, the 'Flying Saucer' question is posed.
Consider, too, that Sputnik was only 3 years away - this seems so far away from the 'Space Race'.
Longines Chronoscope - Flying Saucers. (200LW359)
TEXT: "DECEMBER 1, 1954 Participants: Minton Rosen, head, Rocket Development for Naval Research Laboratories, interviewed by Larry Lesueur and Lou Cioffi. Topics: Rockets, satellites, space travel, moon exploration, and flying saucers. (200LW359)"