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The Time Factory

The Time Factory

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 19, 2021

Runtime

0h 52m

Genres

Documentary, TV Movie

User Score

82%

Original Title

La Fabrique du temps

Production Companies

Grand Angle Productions, France Télévisions

Director

Herlé Jouon

Description

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…