What better place to help explain the concept of terminal velocity and impact resistance, than New York City, where 95% of the people live in high rise buildings with a mixture of scientific fact and humour, "Falling Cats"answers the eternal question "why is it safer for a cat to fall from a really tall building than from a shorter one?"
Original title: Great moments in science - Falling cats
Directed by: Andrew HORNE
Country: Australia
Year of production: 1995
Running time: 06 min × 26 episodes
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Techniques used: drawing on cels
Process: Colour
Directed by: Andrew HORNE
Production: FREERANGE ANIMATION PTY, LTD.
Script: Karl Kruszelnicki
Graphics: Andrew Horne
Sets: Fred Spiffle
Animation: Patrick Burns
Camera: Mark d’Arcy Irvine
Music: Peter Miller
Sound: Peter Miller
Editing: Peter Jennings