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A-Bomb Staggers [Japanese]
- 1945-Aug-07
Front page of the August 7, 1945 issue of The Knoxville News-Sentinel with the headline "A-Bomb Staggers Nips." The page has articles relating to the Oak Ridge Laboratory and the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan.…
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Terror Bomb Hits Nagasaki
- 1945-Aug-09
Front page of the August 9, 1945 issue of The Knoxville Journal with the headline "Terror Bomb Hits Nagasaki." The page has articles relating to the dropping of the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki; and Japan and Soviets…
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Atom Bomb Falls Again Millions Soviets Attack [Japanese]
- 1945-Aug-09
Front page of August 9, 1945 issue of The Knoxville News-Sentinel with the headline "Atom Bomb Falls Again Million Soviets Attack Japs." Notably, racist ethnic slurs are used to refer to the Japanese in the headline and…
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Atomic Bomb Equal to 20,000 Tons of TNT Dropped on Japanese Port
- 1945-Aug-06
Front page of the August 6, 1945 issue of The Chattanooga News-Free Press with the headline "Atomic Bomb Equal to 20,000 Tons of TNT Dropped on Japanese Port." Notably, a racist ethnic slur is used to refer to the…
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The Los Alamos News Letter, October 25, 1945
- 1945-Oct-25
1945 Introductory issue of the Los Alamos News Letter. The publication provides an overview of the organization, committees and membership.
- Creator Of Work Association of Los Alamos Scientists
- Subject Association of Los Alamos Scientists, Newsletters, Nuclear energy
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J. Robert Oppenheimer's acceptance speech for scroll presented to the Los Alamos Laboratory
- 1945-Oct-16
Transcription of Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer's (1904-1967) acceptance speech for a scroll presented to the Los Alamos Laboratory by Major General Leslie R. Groves (1896-1970). The Los Alamos Laboratory was given the…
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76 items
In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer: Texts of Principal Documents and Letters of Personnel Security Board General Manager Commissioners
- 1954
This booklet details the security clearance hearing of J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), a pivotal figure in the development of nuclear physics and the atomic bomb, conducted between April and May 1954. The…
- Creator Of Work U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Publisher United States. Government Printing Office
- Subject Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Legislative hearings
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4 items
War Department press release
- 1945
Press release created by the United States War Department providing background information on Los Alamos, New Mexico, the site for the Los Alamos Laboratory. The Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory is best known as the…
- Creator Of Work United States. War Department
- Subject United States. War Department, New Mexico--Los Alamos, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
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26M 54S
Analysis by Mass: An introduction to the Mass Spectrometer
- 1962
This educational film explains how mass spectrometers identify elements in compounds using the different masses of atoms to distinguish between the elements. It also introduces different kinds of mass spectrometers,…
- Creator Of Work Associated Electrical Industries
- Subject Mass spectrometry, Mass spectrometers, Scientific apparatus and instruments
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1H 10M 36S
A Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the American Chemical Society Publication, "The Journal of Inorganic Chemistry"
- 1986-Sep-10
Speakers at a dinner celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, held at the 192nd American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting. Remarks at this lively event mostly focus on the history…
- Creator Of Work American Chemical Society
- Subject American Chemical Society, Chemistry, Inorganic, Chemistry, Inorganic--Research, Periodicals, Chemistry--Periodicals, Hawthorne, M. Frederick, Parry, Robert W. (Robert Walter), 1917-, King, Edward L. (Edward Louis), 1920-, Pimentel, George C., Lippard, Stephen J., Stucky, Galen D., 1936-, Kaesz, Herbert D., Shriver, D. F. (Duward F.), 1934-, Bowen, D. H. Michael, Congresses and conventions
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58M 50S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1997
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1996 lecture includes the…
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Oral history interview with O. Theodor Benfey
- 1991-May-24
- 1991-Jun-05
O. Theodor Benfey begins the interview with a description of his childhood in Germany during the rise of the Third Reich. He tells of his experiences in England, where he was a student during the war, and then his move…
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56M 56S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1996
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1996 lecture includes the…
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47M 22S
Chemical Heritage Foundation Innovation Day: Gordon E. Moore Award presentation
- 2004-Sep-14
This video captures the first ever presentation of the Society of Chemical Industry's (SCI) Gordon E. Moore Medal for early-career success in innovation, given to George Barclay of Rohm and Haas for his work in creating…
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56M 33S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1994
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1994 lecture includes the…
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57M 19S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1993
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1993 lecture includes the…
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11M 13S
Alan MacDiarmid's Comments at the Dedication of the Alan MacDiarmid Energy Research Laboratory at Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea
- 2005-Nov-07
The first 30 seconds of this video are a stationary introductory slide. MacDairmid was unable to travel to the institute dedication in South Korea due to medical concerns, but sent this video along in his stead. His…
- Creator Of Work MacDiarmid, Alan G., 1927-2007
- Subject Renewable energy sources, MacDiarmid, Alan G., 1927-2007, Fossil fuels, Korea (South)
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Oral history interview with David M. Hercules
- 2002-Mar-20
David M. Hercules begins his interview by discussing his childhood and education. He describes his youth in Somerset, Pennsylvania, and his childhood curiosity with science. When he was in high school, he continued to…
- Interviewee Hercules, David M.
- Interviewer Daemmrich, Arthur, Brock, David C.
- Subject Hercules, David M., Lehigh University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electron spectroscopy, University of Georgia, Business consultants, Catalysis, University of Pittsburgh, Mass spectrometry, Spectrum analysis, Chemical apparatus, Chemists
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Oral history interview with Michael R. Koelle
- 2003-Jan-06 – 2003-Jan-08
Michael R. Koelle was born in Los Alamos, New Mexico but was raised mainly in Seattle, Washington, the youngest of the family's three children. Both of his parents were German emigrants (his father as an infant, his…
- Interviewee Koelle, Michael R., 1964-
- Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Koelle, Michael R., 1964-, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Geneticists, G proteins, Proteins--Research, Neural transmission, Embryology
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1H 16M 36S
Moore's Law at 40: Part 3
- 2005-May-13
Moore's Law at 40 was a symposium held at the Chemical Heritage Foundation (now the Science History Institute) on May 12-13, 2005 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the creation and publication of Moore's Law. The…
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9M 42S
Rhodia Drop-Deposition Adjuvants
- 1998
A short demonstration video of an agricultural industry coating sprayed on plants to enhance herbicide performance, likely intended to be played on a loop at a trade show booth. The video accessible here has been edited…
- Creator Of Work Rhodia, Inc.
- Producer G.P.M. Production Vidéo
- Subject Herbicides, Agriculture, Product demonstrations, Agricultural chemicals--Adjuvants, Agricultural chemistry
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50M 13S
NASA: The First 25 Years
- NASA: The 25th Year
- 1987
This is an overview of NASA's history, beginning with its founding in 1958 and leading up to its 25th anniversary in 1988. This video contains footage of many important moments in NASA's history, including the first…
- Creator Of Work Goodtimes Home Video Corp.
- Subject United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Project Mercury (U.S.), Project Gemini (U.S.), Project Apollo (U.S.), Skylab Program, Viking Mars Program (U.S.), Artificial satellites in telecommunication, Space flight, Voyager Project, Columbia (Spacecraft), Space Shuttle Program (U.S.)
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18M 48S
Navy Stock Selections for ABL
- Circa 1962
Silent film created by Hercules Powder Company showing various missiles and ordnance in use on United States Navy vessels and being tested on land. Locations include aboard the USS Constellation and the Wallops Flight…
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57M 04S
Chemical Instrumentation Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
- Symposium in Celebration of the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry
- 1987-Nov-05
Video of a symposium held for the opening of the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania in 1987. The event includes remarks from Arnold O. Beckman; Arnold…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry, Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Price, Charles C. (Charles Coale), 1913-2001, Proctor, Stanley I., 1936-, Long, Franklin A., 1910-1999, Good, Mary L., 1931-2019, Chemical Heritage Foundation, Eliel, Ernest L. (Ernest Ludwig), 1921-2008
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59M 15S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri...
- 1990
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1990 lecture includes the…