Dividends of science

General

Description

Originally broadcast as a segment of the television program Johns Hopkins science review on July 22, 1953 from the studios of WAAM in Baltimore, Md. Black and white. Lynn Poole, producer; Kennard Calfee, Herbert B. Cahan, directors; Joel Chaseman, narrator; produced by WAAM television station in Baltimore, Md. for the Dumont Network. Lynn Poole, presenter. Digitized in 2004.

Abstract

A film produced by the U. S. Navy lists some recent defense research with benefits to civilians: raising research animals in sterile conditions; discovering unknown properties of metals by super heating and super cooling; researching man's reactions to motion; studying nuclear collisions and cosmic rays as alternative sources of power; creating heat with aluminum solar reflectors; studying solar chromosphere and solar activity; and developing computers, the cyclotron, fluid dynamics, surgical techniques, etc. A film by the U. S. Air Force then shows the by-products of their research: rayon and nylon tires, fiber A weather resistant fabric, stereoscopic strip camera for mapping large areas quickly, electric blankets and space heaters, and ground control approach (GCA) used at airports. The final message is that defense research and engineering funds pay dividends by providing improvements in daily living.
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Dates

Date Published

1953-07-22
Publisher
Language
Identifiers

OCLC Number

54367414

Collection Number

COLL-0008

Item Barcode

31151024435160
Resources
Resource Type
Moving Image

Extent

00:29:10hh:mm:ss
Contributor
Broadcaster (brd): Du Mont Television Network
Director (drt): Cahan, Herbert B.
Director (drt): Calfee, Kennard
Narrator (nrt): Chaseman, Joel
Production personnel (prd): Poole, Lynn
Producer (pro): Poole, Lynn
Copyright and Use
System
Access Rights
Public digital access
Model
Video

Unique ID

44800cfc-7b6a-41d6-84ed-89e62e5e8c6e