Video URL


13170_24725_rulers2
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1953
B&W

In this clip, a father explains to his son how measurements work, specifically with a ruler, after measuring his son’s height.In MCU the boy asks his father how much he has grown. In CU we see the father measure the distance between the newly drawn line and the line from the last time the boy’s height was measured. The boy and the father are each shown in CU, then there is a CU of the tip of the ruler. The father and the son look at the ruler on the kitchen table. In CU the ruler is shown as the father explains how rulers and measurement work. MCU of the boy, then back to a shot of the ruler as the father’s hand points out each inch on the ruler. MS of the father and son looking at the ruler, then shot of the boy holding the ruler in his hand.