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The Time Factory

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Who invented time, who invented the clock? Why 1 hour, why 60 minutes, why 60 seconds? Since prehistoric times, man has sought to measure time, to organize social and religious life, to plan food supply... Today we can surf the Internet, geolocate, pay by credit card… All our daily lives depend on time and the synchronization of clocks. The history of the invention of time and of the ways and instruments to measure it is a long story…

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2021-09-19

Runtime: 52 mins

Director: Herlé Jouon

Writer: Hugues Demeude

Spoken language: English, Français, ελληνικά

Genres: Documentary, TV Movie

Original title: The Time Factory

Production Companies: Grand Angle Productions, France Télévisions

Production Countries: France

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