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14M 17S
Proposition 65: Troubled Waters for California
- 1986
This film produced by the group Californians Against the Toxics Initiative encourages Californians to vote against Proposition 65, formally titled The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. This bill…
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40M 39S
Moore's Law at 40: Part 6
- 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. This…
- Creator Of Work Chemical Heritage Foundation
- Subject Moore, Gordon E., 1929-2023, Moore's law, Technology, Computers, Semiconductors, Electronic industries
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1H 5M 49S
Moore's Law at 40: Part 5
- 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. This…
- Creator Of Work Chemical Heritage Foundation
- Subject Computers, Manufacturing industries, Moore, Gordon E., 1929-2023, Technology, Semiconductors, Moore's law
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1H 6M 11S
Moore's Law at 40: Part 4
- 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. This…
- Creator Of Work Chemical Heritage Foundation
- Subject Computers, Moore, Gordon E., 1929-2023, Technology, Electronic industries, Mead, Carver, Intel Corporation, Moore's law
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58M 21S
Moore's Law at 40: Part 2
- 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. This…
- Creator Of Work Chemical Heritage Foundation
- Subject Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Moore, Gordon E., 1929-2023, Computers, Transistors, Technology, Moore's law
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1H 00M 07S
Moore's Law at 40: Part 1
- 2005-May-12
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. This…
- Creator Of Work Chemical Heritage Foundation
- Subject Moore, Gordon E., 1929-2023, Brooks, Rodney Allen, Robotics, Computers, Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Technology, Moore's law
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26m 23s
Making the Connection
- Careers for Chemical Engineers
- 1997
This video is aimed at college students interested in chemical engineering as a degree or a career. Recent graduates and early-career chemical engineers from a variety of employers and industries share their experiences…
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27m 36s
Fields of Promise
- Sowing the Seeds of Biotechnology
- 1995
This video, produced with funding from Monsanto Company, presents the science behind genetically modified crops, beginning with Gregor Mendel and leading up to the mid-1990s cutting edge research in drought and…
- Producer Image Base
- Subject Transgenic plants, Genetically modified foods, Agriculture
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5m 44s
It Didn't Just Happen
- Undated
This is a promotional film for the National Plastics Hall of Fame, at the time housed in the National Plastics Center and Museum in Leominster, Massachusetts. Frank S. Marra narrates this short presentation about some…
- Creator Of Work National Plastics Center & Museum, The Plastics Academy
- Subject Plastics, Plastics industry and trade
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7m 50s
Othmer Library
- 1994-May
This is a promotional video made by the Chemical Heritage Foundation (later to become the Science History Institute) in 1994, ahead of the renovation of and move to its current location at 315 Chestnut Street. The video…
- Creator Of Work Chemical Heritage Foundation
- Subject Chemical Heritage Foundation, Libraries, Science museums, Glass harmonica music, Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, Museums
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25m 52s
Chemistry: Serious Fun
- 1991
In this video produced by the American Chemical Society, two actors from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Alfonso Ribeiro and Tatyana Ali, prepare to attend a new semester at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).…
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26m 58s
Passing Through: An Introduction to Plastics
- Circa 1993
A high school student who is nervous about failing his chemistry test is transported to a vaguely Middle Ages, high fantasy castle where he meets a wizard trying to invent better armor for a knight. The student teaches…
- Creator Of Work National Plastics Center and Museum
- Subject Educational films, Plastics, Middle Ages, Wizards
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19M 38S
A New World Through Chemistry
- 1940
This film from E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company promotes several of their inventions by showing how they are made and (using actors and film sets) how useful they are in everyday life. Products include: Neoprene,…
- Producer Scientific Films
- Creator Of Work E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
- Subject E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Rubber, Artificial, Rayon, Lucite, Nylon
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12m 51s
Perkin-Elmer corporate video
- 1987
This video was likely shown to new hires or at recruitment events for Perkin-Elmer in the late 1980s. The video highlights the accomplishments of the company, including its technology being used to fight air and water…
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8m 25s
National Plastics Center and Museum fundraising video
- Undated
This fundraising appeal from the National Plastics Center and Museum aims to raise money for renovating a building in Leominster, Massachusetts to use as a museum, with exhibition galleries and conference rooms. This…
- Creator Of Work National Plastics Center and Museum
- Subject Plastics, Museums, Fund raising
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4m 30s
Joseph Priestley Celebration
- 1926-Sep-05
Scenes from the 50th anniversary gathering of the American Chemical Society, during which members and chemists from around the world traveled to Northumberland, Pennsylvania to visit Joseph Priestley's grave and…
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12m 44s
Science History at Priestley House
- 1986
This film about Joseph Priestley and his life in Pennsylvania was created by chemistry students at Mifflinburg Area High School in partnership with the Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit television station and the…
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25 minutes 41 seconds
Chemistry Is Cool2
- 1996
Video of a performance presented by COSI (Center of Science and Industry) during the 1996 Ohio Chemical Council annual conference in Columbus, Ohio. In this performance, host Krista teaches the audience about chemical…
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5m 53s
Passing Through: Behind The Scenes
- Circa 1993
This is a promotional work created by the National Plastics Center and Museum to advertise their educational video, Passing Through. Passing Through is a film for teenagers and high school science students in which a…
- Creator Of Work National Plastics Center and Museum
- Producer WAVE, Inc.
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Plastics, Educational films, Middle Ages
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5m 30s
Dedicated Spaces
- 1999
Promotional video created for the 2000 reopening of the Chemical Heritage Foundation's building at 315 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania following renovations. Originally founded as the Center for the…
- Producer Chemical Heritage Foundation
- Subject Chemical Heritage Foundation, Museums, Libraries
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32m 44s
Radioactivity and the Parts of an Atom
- Undated
"Radioactivity and the Parts of an Atom" is one of fifty-three short education films originally produced in 1955 for KQED San Francisco as part of the series Tempest in a Test Tube. This series of half-hour episodes…