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Wheel Meets Friction

Name: Wheel Meets Friction
Released: Sept. 26, 2011, 11:29 a.m.
Duration: 1 min

Claude Cloutier

1998 | 1 min

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A clip in the Science Please! collection, Wheel Meets Friction uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain how the invention of the ball bearing reinvented the wheel.

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Credits

director

Claude Cloutier
animation

Claude Cloutier
producer

Thérèse Descary
script

Claude Cloutier

Sylvain Charbonneau
sound

Denis Larochelle
music

Denis Larochelle
editing

José Heppell
narrator

Rick Jones

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