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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…