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A New World Through Chemistry

  • 1940
Public
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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, Zelan, Nylon, Rayon and Lucite.

Note that this file was digitized from a VHS cassette tape in the Science History Institute's collections, but the original was undoubtedly recorded on 16mm film.

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  • 19M 38S
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Rights Public Domain Mark 1.0
Credit line
  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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Physical container
  • Box 6

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. “A New World Through Chemistry.” Vhs, 1940. Science History Institute DVD and Video Collection, Box 6. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/gsuzza9.

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