Little known metals
General
Description
Originally broadcast as a segment of the television program Johns Hopkins science review on April 28, 1952 from the studios of WAAM in Baltimore, Md. Black and white. Lynn Poole, producer; Paul Kane, director; Ted Jaffee, Royal Parker, narrators; produced by WAAM television station in Baltimore, Md. for the Dumont Network. Lynn Poole, Robert Maddin, Chauncey Tatum, Dorothy Hines, presenters. Digitized in 2003.
Abstract
Little known metals with valuable applications are discussed. Titanium being much lighter than steel has important military applications; vitalium, an alloy of cobalt, chromium and molybdenum, is used to join and strengthen bones; tantalum is used in skull plates; mercury has many applications including: lipsticks, television vacuum tubes, antiseptics, insecticides, and photographic developing; selenium is used in light meters and to conduct electricity; cerium emits sparks and is used in cigarette lighters; germanium is used to make transistors, which can replace vacuum tubes in the telephone, radio, and television industries.
Title Language
Dates
Date Published
1952-04-28
Publisher
Digital Publisher
Language
Identifiers
OCLC Number
53669001
Collection Number
COLL-0008
Resources
Resource Type
Moving Image
Extent
00:29:40hh:mm:ss
Subject
Contributor
Broadcaster (brd): Du Mont Television Network
Director (drt): Kane, Paul
Narrator (nrt): Jaffee, Ted
Narrator (nrt): Parker, Royal
Production personnel (prd): Hines, Dorothy
Production personnel (prd): Maddin, Robert
Production personnel (prd): Poole, Lynn
Production personnel (prd): Tatum, Chauncey
Producer (pro): Poole, Lynn
Producer (pro): WAAM (Television station : Baltimore, Md.)
Copyright and Use
Copyright and Use
Copyright Not Evaluated
System
Access Rights
Public digital access
Model
Video
Unique ID
b71e01eb-1a9d-4012-b0d7-bac36c0b3038