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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica

ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA

Directed by John Latham
United Kingdom, 1971
Avant-Garde, Short

Synopsis

Encyclopedia Britannica starts with a shot of the open outer covers of a copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica, then the first double page spread of the title page of volume 1, before plunging the viewer into single-frame shots of every double page spread of sequential volumes.

Synopsis

Encyclopedia Britannica starts with a shot of the open outer covers of a copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica, then the first double page spread of the title page of volume 1, before plunging the viewer into single-frame shots of every double page spread of sequential volumes.