Cosmic Zoom (1968)

Director	Eva Szasz
Producer	The National Film Board of Canada & Joe and Wolf Koenig. Distributed by McGraw-Hill in the US
Contributors	Animation camera: Raymond Dumas, Wayne Trickett, James Wislon.
Length	8
B&W/Color	Color
UO Library Catalog description:	Uses the camera device of the zoom to give an idea of the immeasurable vastness of space and the ultimate minuteness of matter
Call #	Film Ma190
Genre	Instructional
Rare	No
Online	Yes
Copyright status	Protected
Physical condition	Fair
Oregon-related	No

Notes:

Cosmic Zoom is  a very popular instructional short. Since it’s release in Canada it has been shown in classrooms all over the world. It received awards from groups and festivals in Germany, Italy, Argentina, Spain and the USA. In the US it was released in partnership with McGraw-Hill and intended for students from elementary school all the way up to college. Quite a span. You can watch the film multiple places for free online, or you can buy a DVD copy of it through the National Film Board of Canada.