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4) 7318 [Commercials and NASA films]
Commercials: Morton Foods; promo for 'Captain Nemo and the Underwater City'; Coca Cola; Camel Cigarettes. NASA films: Energy from Wind Power; Landsat (Earth Reserves Satellite);...
2) 2716.1709 Mr. Wizard: Science Reports Vol.11
Mr. Wizard Science Reports Vol. 11 X2481 Rec. 5/11/83;Slate: ““How About…” Series IV-B Science Reports Title: Chinchilla & Hearing Loss Report #: 183 Length: 7 Seconds The Mr. Wizard Studio”. Don Herbert discusses experiments on ch...
3) 2716.0761 Jabberwocky - Machines #J40
Jabberwocky J40 "Machines";Carl and Trina introduce the episode, while Mr. Buchanan works on a new invention. Title sequence: ‘Jabberwocky’. Mr. B leads a group of children at the Worcester Science Center...;Credits: Cast: Carl Thoma, Joanne Sopko, Peter Johnson, Bob Prosky; Executive Producer: Fred Schilpp; Producer: Gail Frank; Director: Dave Gosey; Associate Producers: Carol Lawr...
4) 2716.0003 [Good Day Interview]
Interview with an elderly woman, about an experiment in March 1938. She talks about attending Simmons College for secretarial studies. She talks about how she came to work for D...
24) 2534.0035 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 35
Donor Notes: Reel 34 is a film about an experiment to test the nutrient qualities of soils in the Black Rock Forest with intertitles throughout to explain the footage. Footage...
14) 2534.0033 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 33
Footage of various pieces of scientific equipment. A shot of an office. A shot of a small building. Footage of the top of the Oak Ridge Observatory rotating. Footage of the ...
52) 2534.0031b The Five Outposts of Harvard (Part 5)
The footage contains intertitles from a film entitled The Five Outposts of Harvard about two observatories, two botanical gardens and Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA. The inter...
24) 2534.0031a The Five Outposts of Harvard (Part 4)
The footage contains intertitles from a film entitled The Five Outposts of Harvard about two observatories, two botanical gardens and Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA. The inter...
9) 2534.0023c The Five Outposts of Harvard (Part 3)
The footage contains intertitles from a film entitled The Five Outposts Of Harvard about two observatories, two botanical gardens and Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA. The inter...
10) 2534.0023b The Five Outposts of Harvard (Part 2)
The footage contains intertitles from a film entitled The Five Outposts Of Harvard about two observatories, two botanical gardens and Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA. The inte...
11) 2534.0023a The Five Outposts of Harvard (Part 1)
The footage contains intertitles from a film entitled The Five Outposts Of Harvard about two observatories, two botanical gardens and Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA. Donor Not...
13) 2534.0022 Pollination and Fertilization in a Flowering Plant
Intertitle: “Pollination and Fertilization in a Flowering Plant Amaryllis produced under a grant from the National Science Foundation Copyright 1978 - All Rights Reserved” Foot...
1) 2534.0005 [Harvard Forest Films] Reel 5
Reel 5 is a largely animated educational film about genetics and the role chromosomes play in heredity through mitosis and meiosis as well as chromosomal disorders. The early p...
9) 2114.0038 [Everett Greaton--home movies] Reel 38, Accession 2114
A few shots of people in a garden. A few shots of two men standing next to a pickup truck with a bed full of squash. Footage of people walking around. A few shots of a house ...
44) 2110 Entomology Museum
No description available
117) 1911.0001 Exploring the Heights
This footage was compiled as part of a live presentation with accompanying narration given by Charles S. Houston in 2002. A few still images of mountains. A shot of a newspape...
7) 1883.0001-.0021 [Dr. Chauncey Leake]
Reels left by Joe Harper in girlfriend's house, purchased in 1966 by Alexander Hutcheon, who donated films to NHF in 2002. // Original films were deaccessioned to History of Med...
45) 1778.0001 Luthier in the Light of Science
VHS reference tape. Documentary about Carleen Hutchins, New Hampshire-based violin maker and acoustical experimenter
27) 1722.PC2 A Bowdoin Expedition
In August 1996, twelve students from the Maine School of Science & Mathematics and the Caribou Vocational Technical Center re-created the 1605 voyage of English explorer George ...
29) 1679.0001 [Lab Chem Safety: Bucksport High School]
Amateur footage. Created for Lab Chem II, Bucksport High School, Spring 1998. Contains edited and unedited versions. Recorded at Extended Play speed.
2) 1515.0071 Operation Everest
Operation Everest is a film documenting Dr. Charles S. Houston’s study of the same name conducted in 1946 for the United States Navy that used a pressure chamber to study the pr...
1243) 1515.0070 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 70
Reel 70 contains footage that was used for Charles S. Houston’s series of talks, “Fifty Years of Going Higher,” which relates to a study on the effects of high altitude on human...
23) 1515.0067 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 67
Reel 67 contains footage that was used for Charles S. Houston’s series of talks, “Fifty Years of Going Higher,” which relates to a study on the effects of high altitude on human...
1) 1515.0047 The Mechanical Heart
The Mechanical Heart contains footage of a demonstration of an early artificial heart and contains lengthy title cards explaining what is being shown. Intertitle: “THE MECHANIC...
4) 1515.0034 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 34
Footage of snow covered mountains shot from within an aircraft. A shot of a man wearing extreme weather gear exiting a tent and walking through the snow. A shot of a man carry...
1) 1303.0001 Maine Math & Science Education is on the Move!
VHS reference tape. Complete copy of a program produced for the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, to be used in meetings around the state to help the public understand the...
32) 720 cat. 5428-10-WCSH-81 Portland Observatory
No description available
31) 0813.0450 [Saturn Rocket and Bird in Cage]
News story dated 09-24-68. Man with bird in cage holds picture of Saturn rocket from U.S. space program.
29) 0813.0438 [State Police Receive First Radar Speed Detector]
News story dated 08-22-68. Interview with Mashall, inventor of radar device.;State Police welcome the developer, Arthur Marshall, of their first radar speed detector, VasCar, who is on hand to train the troopers in proper use; Mr. Marshall talks about wh...
30) 0813.0424 [Weitz on Space Program]
News story dated 08-08-68.;Ron Palmquist talks with Paul J. Weitz about President Nixon's call for a renewed interest in the NASA space exploration program; he says the medical field benefits, for example...
34) 0752.0066 Warner Pathe News: Volume 8, Number 8
Warner Pathe classroom newsreel series. This Volume/Number contains: 'Navy Moon in Orbit'; 'Brussels World Fair'; 'Inside Cuba's Revolt'; 'Navy Polar Crew Returns'; 'Historic An...
30) 0752.0044 Warner Pathe News: Volume 6, Number 3
Warner Pathe classroom newsreel series. This Volume/Number contains: 'Three Terrible Floods'; 'Open Washington's Home'; 'Pope at Athletic Meet'; 'Reds Free German P.O.W.'s'; 'He...
12) 0752.0035 Warner Pathe News: Volume 5, Number 4
Warner Pathe classroom newsreel series. This Volume/Number contains: 'The Elections'; 'Keeping Up With the President: He Dedicates Iwo Statue, He Welcomes New Americans, He Open...
21) 0752.0030 Warner Pathe News: Volume 4, Number 9
Warner Pathe classroom newsreel series. This Volume/Number contains: 'The Communist Threat: Train Links China and Russia, Berlin Refugee Flood at Height, Freedom Plane Arrives i...
33) 0752.0005 Warner Pathe News: Volume 2, Number 4
Warner Pathe classroom newsreel series. This Volume/Number contains: 'Presidential Possibilities'; 'British conflict along the Suez Canal in Egypt'; 'Child spy released'; 'Stop ...
9) 0736 Spirits of the Polar Night
Onsite reference only. // Documentary on Aurora Borealis including scientists, Alaskans, Eskimo art, the borealis.
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