The Einstein Theory of Relativity

1923 film

The Einstein Theory of Relativity

Directed by| Dave Fleischer

Production
company

Fleischer Studios

Release date

* 1923 (1923)

Running time

| 20 minutes
Country| United States
Language| Silent

The Einstein Theory of Relativity (1923) is a silent animated short film directed by Dave Fleischer and released by Fleischer Studios.

## History

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In August 1922, Scientific American published an article explaining their position that a silent film would be unsuccessful in presenting the theory of relativity to the general public, arguing that only as part of a broader educational package including lecture and text would such film be successful. Scientific American then went on to review frames from an unnamed German film reported to be financially successful.

Six months later, on February 8, 1923, the Fleischers released their relativity film, produced in collaboration with popular science journalist Garrett P. Serviss to accompany his book on the same topic. Two versions of the Fleischer film are reported to exist – a shorter two-reel (20 minute) edit intended for general theater audiences, and a longer five-reel (50 minute) version intended for educational use.[1]

The Fleischers lifted footage from the German predecessor, Die Grundlagen der Einsteinschen Relativitäts-Theorie,[2] directed by Hanns-Walter Kornblum, for inclusion into their film. Presented here are images from the Fleischer film and German film. If actual footage was not recycled into The Einstein Theory of Relativity, these images and text from the Scientific American article suggest that original visual elements from the German film were.[3]

This film, like much of the Fleischer's work, has fallen into the public domain. Unlike Fleischer Studio's Superman or Betty Boop cartoons, The Einstein Theory of Relativity has very few existing prints and is available in 16mm from only a few specialized film preservation organizations.

## References

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1. ^ "Relativity in the Films" (PDF). Scientific American. August 1922. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
2. ^ Die Grundlagen der Einsteinschen Relativitäts-Theorie at IMDb
3. ^ "Re: First animated feature ever". Archived from the original on December 31, 2006. Retrieved April 7, 2009.

## External links

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* Media related to The Einstein Theory of Relativity at Wikimedia Commons
* The full text of The Einstein Theory of Relativity at Wikisource
* The Einstein Theory of Relativity at IMDb
* The Einstein Theory of Relativity DVD of the film bundled with guidebook by Garrett P. Serviss (and including another Fleischer documentary, Evolution), from Apogee Books, ISBN 1-894959-51-5.

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* Out of the Inkwell (1918–1926)
* Inkwell Imps (1927–1929)
* Song Car-Tunes (1924–1926)
* Screen Songs (1929–1938)
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* Gabby (1940–1941)
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One-shot shorts|

* The Einstein Theory of Relativity (1923)
* Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy (1941)

Feature films|

* Gulliver's Travels (1939)
* Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941)

People|

* Joan Alexander
* Jackson Beck
* Dave Barry
* Robert Bentley
* Willard Bowsky
* Bud Collyer
* Pinto Colvig
* William Costello
* Roland Crandall
* James Culhane
* Don Figlozzi
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* Sammy Timberg
* Edith Vernick
* Myron Waldman
* Gus Wickie
* E. C. Segar

See also|

* 1937 Fleischer Studios strike
* Bray Productions
* Famous Studios
* Paramount Pictures
* Universal Pictures

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Physics|

* Theory of relativity
* Special relativity
* General relativity
* Mass–energy equivalence (E=mc2)
* Brownian motion
* Photoelectric effect
* Einstein coefficients
* Einstein solid
* Equivalence principle
* Einstein field equations
* Einstein radius
* Einstein relation (kinetic theory)
* Einstein ring
* Cosmological constant
* Bose–Einstein condensate
* Bose–Einstein statistics
* Bose–Einstein correlations
* Einstein–Cartan theory
* Einstein–Infeld–Hoffmann equations
* Einstein–de Haas effect
* EPR paradox
* Bohr–Einstein debates
* Teleparallelism
* Thought experiments
* Unsuccessful investigations
* Wave–particle duality
* Gravitational wave
* Tea leaf paradox

Works|

* Annus mirabilis papers (1905)
* "Investigations on the Theory of Brownian Movement" (1905)
* Relativity: The Special and the General Theory (1916)
* The Meaning of Relativity (1922)
* The World as I See It (1934)
* The Evolution of Physics (1938)
* "Why Socialism?" (1949)
* Russell–Einstein Manifesto (1955)

In popular
culture|

* Die Grundlagen der Einsteinschen Relativitäts-Theorie (1922 documentary)
* The Einstein Theory of Relativity (1923 documentary)
* Relics: Einstein's Brain (1994 documentary)
* Insignificance (1985 film)
* Young Einstein (1988 film)
* Picasso at the Lapin Agile (1993 play)
* I.Q. (1994 film)
* Einstein's Gift (2003 play)
* Einstein and Eddington (2008 TV film)
* Genius (2017 series)
* Oppenheimer (2023 film)

Prizes|

* Albert Einstein Award
* Albert Einstein Medal
* Kalinga Prize
* Albert Einstein Peace Prize
* Albert Einstein World Award of Science
* Einstein Prize for Laser Science
* Einstein Prize (APS)

Books about
Einstein|

* Albert Einstein: Creator and Rebel
* Einstein and Religion
* Einstein for Beginners
* Einstein: His Life and Universe
* Einstein in Oxford
* Einstein on the Run
* Einstein's Cosmos
* I Am Albert Einstein
* Introducing Relativity
* Subtle is the Lord

Family|

* Mileva Marić (first wife)
* Elsa Einstein (second wife; cousin)
* Lieserl Einstein (daughter)
* Hans Albert Einstein (son)
* Pauline Koch (mother)
* Hermann Einstein (father)
* Maja Einstein (sister)
* Eduard Einstein (son)
* Robert Einstein (cousin)
* Bernhard Caesar Einstein (grandson)
* Evelyn Einstein (granddaughter)
* Thomas Martin Einstein (great-grandson)
* Siegbert Einstein (distant cousin)

Related|

* Awards and honors
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* Einstein–Oppenheimer relationship
* Albert Einstein Archives
* Einstein's Blackboard
* Einstein Papers Project
* Einstein refrigerator
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* Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists

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