Stars in your skies
General
Description
Originally broadcast as a segment of the television program Johns Hopkins science review on September 19, 1954 from the studios of WAAM in Baltimore, Md. A show with this same title was broadcast on August 4, 1952, however there was a different guest presenter and completely different content. 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, Armand Spitz, presenters. Digitized in 2004.
Abstract
Lynn Poole introduces the program by pointing an arrow gun, or optical pointer that is used to point to objects on the dome of a planetarium. Man has wondered about the universe around him since prehistoric times, noticing the movement of the stars and planets. Early in the 20th century the Zeiss planetarium was developed and built in six cities in the United States. After World War II, Armand Spitz produced the Spitz planetarium which made it much more economical for smaller sites to have planetariums. There are now over one hundred in the United States. Mr. Spitz discusses how these planetariums work. He has also designed a toy planetarium that can project images of the stars and planets in the home.
Title Language
Dates
Date Published
1954-09-19
Publisher
Digital Publisher
Language
Identifiers
OCLC Number
56349787
Collection Number
COLL-0008
Resources
Resource Type
Moving Image
Extent
00:29:35hh: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
Production personnel (prd): Spitz, Armand
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
fa6efc63-72d0-4dce-88f3-19567e2f1abc