Digitized selections from DVDs and VHS cassette tapes donated individually to the Science History Institute. This collection does not represent all of the DVDs and videos held by the Science History Institute. Other items that were donated with collections of manuscript or paper-based materials may be found in those collections.
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1H 23M 37S
Interview with Glenn Seaborg
- 1988
Raw footage of an interview with Glenn Seaborg about the periodic table and his discovery of new transuranium elements. The interview is conducted by two different unidentified men. This tape is a "window dub" of raw…
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32M 05S
Catalysis: Technology for a Clean Environment
- 1993
This video explains the process of catalysis: using a catalyst to increase the rate of a chemical reaction. It argues that this process is good for the environment because it will reduce the production toxic of…
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14M 46S
The National Lake Survey
- 1984
This video presents the Environmental Protection Agency's National Lake Survey, conducted in the early 1980s as part of the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program. The goals of the survey were to see which of…
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1H 09M 06S
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)-Lemelson Awards Ceremony
- 1998
The MIT-Lemelson Awards are presented to American inventors and innovators by the program of the same name, a partnership between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Lemelson Foundation. The 1998 awards…
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8M 37S
Delaware Valley Science Fairs
- 1980s
Promotional video for the non-profit organization, Delaware Valley Science Fairs, which hosts a regional science fair for students from Southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Southern New Jersey.
- Creator Of Work Delaware Valley Science Fairs, Inc.
- Subject Science fairs, Science--Study and teaching, Science and education, Science--Experiments, Inventions, Education
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14M 44S
Portaspec spectrometer sales video
- 1970s
This is a sales video for Pitchford Scientific Instrument Corporation's Portaspec, a portable x-ray spectrometer. A traveling field service representative for a steel company discusses the instrument's features and…
- Creator Of Work Pitchford Scientific Instrument Corp.
- Subject Spectrometer, X-rays, X-ray spectrometer, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Promotional films
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1H 20M 39S
Chemical Education Roundtable with Ron Tempest, Bill Bleam and Joseph S. Schmuckler
- 2008
An unedited version of a discussion between science educators Ron Tempest, Bill Bleam, and Joseph S. Schmuckler about the changes in chemistry education in the later half of the 20th century. In particular, they focus…
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13M 32S
The Families of the Chemical Heritage Foundation
- 2000
A promotional video celebrating the namesakes of spaces and programs at the Chemical Heritage Foundation (now the Science History Institute). This video was created for the opening of the Chemical Heritage Foundation's…
- Creator Of Work Chemical Heritage Foundation
- Subject Dow, Herbert Henry, 1866-1930, Fisher, Chester G., 1881-1965, Gerstacker, Carl A., 1916-, Du Pont, Eleuthère Irénée, 1771-1834, Garfield, Eugene, Othmer, Donald F. (Donald Frederick), 1904-1995, Edelstein, Sidney M., Beckman, Arnold O., Chemical Heritage Foundation, Science museums
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5M 11S
Two Hundred Years of Chemistry
- Two Centuries of Chemistry
- 2000
A promotional video created to celebrate the opening of the Chemical Heritage Foundation (now the Science History Institute) at its new location in Center City, Philadelphia in 2000.
- Creator Of Work Chemical Heritage Foundation
- Subject Chemical Heritage Foundation, Chemists, Science and civilization, Science museums
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26M 13S
The Raritan River
- The History of the Basin
- 1990s
Educational video about the Raritan River Basin, a river system in central New Jersey. This video covers the features of the river, its history, and ongoing protection efforts.
- Creator Of Work Raritan River Consortium
- Subject New Jersey--Raritan River, New Jersey--Raritan River Watershed, New Jersey, Rivers, Stream ecology, Water--Pollution
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1H 01M 26S
R. B. Woodward Remarks at Harvard Chemistry Department Alumni Symposium
- 1978-Mar-06
Talk given by R.B. Woodward at an alumni event for the Harvard University Department of Chemistry shortly before his death in 1979. This informal talk begins with the ringing of a gong and Woodward being carried on…
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10M 46S
AATCC: Your Leader in the Textile Industry
- Standards for the Textile Industry
- After 1980 – before 1993
Promotional video produced by the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists to encourage new membership. Features then-president of the AATCC, William R. Martin, Jr. The AATCC is a professional organization…
- Creator Of Work American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists
- Producer Horizon Video Productions, Inc.
- Subject American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, Textile industry, Textile chemistry, Career development, Congresses and conventions, Chemical industry, Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers--Testing
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1H 13M 53S
Henry Taube lecture at Brooklyn College
- 1986-Mar-19
This talk is part of the H. Martin Friedman Lecture series at Brooklyn College, which was intended to introduce high school students to careers in chemistry. Introductions to the talk and speaker are given by Leon…
- Creator Of Work Taube, Henry, 1915-2005, Brooklyn College
- Subject Chemistry--Study and teaching, Taube, Henry, 1915-2005, Nobel Prize winners, Lectures
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1H 37M 05S
Chemical Heritage Foundation Conversazione
- 2000-Jul-03
A panel discussion about the past and future of the chemical industry, held in 2000 as part of the opening of the Chemical Heritage Foundation's new facilities in Philadelphia. Introductory remarks are given by Arnold…
- Creator Of Work Chemical Heritage Foundation
- Producer Bain & Associates, Inc.
- Subject Chemical Heritage Foundation, Chemical industry, Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Churchill, Stuart Winston, 1920-, Baker, Dexter F., Holliday, Charles, Stavropoulos, William Spyros, 1939-, Bryant, David R., 1936-, Johnstone, John W., 1932-2011, Sinfelt, John H., Terrorism, Science--Study and teaching
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26M 54S
Analysis by Mass: An introduction to the Mass Spectrometer
- 1962
This educational film explains how mass spectrometers identify elements in compounds using the different masses of atoms to distinguish between the elements. It also introduces different kinds of mass spectrometers,…
- Creator Of Work Associated Electrical Industries
- Subject Mass spectrometry, Mass spectrometers, Scientific apparatus and instruments
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1H 10M 36S
A Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the American Chemical Society Publication, "The Journal of Inorganic Chemistry"
- 1986-Sep-10
Speakers at a dinner celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, held at the 192nd American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting. Remarks at this lively event mostly focus on the history…
- Creator Of Work American Chemical Society
- Subject American Chemical Society, Chemistry, Inorganic, Chemistry, Inorganic--Research, Periodicals, Chemistry--Periodicals, Hawthorne, M. Frederick, Parry, Robert W. (Robert Walter), 1917-, King, Edward L. (Edward Louis), 1920-, Pimentel, George C., Lippard, Stephen J., Stucky, Galen D., 1936-, Kaesz, Herbert D., Shriver, D. F. (Duward F.), 1934-, Bowen, D. H. Michael, Congresses and conventions
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47M 22S
Chemical Heritage Foundation Innovation Day: Gordon E. Moore Award presentation
- 2004-Sep-14
This video captures the first ever presentation of the Society of Chemical Industry's (SCI) Gordon E. Moore Medal for early-career success in innovation, given to George Barclay of Rohm and Haas for his work in creating…
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11M 13S
Alan MacDiarmid's Comments at the Dedication of the Alan MacDiarmid Energy Research Laboratory at Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea
- 2005-Nov-07
The first 30 seconds of this video are a stationary introductory slide. MacDairmid was unable to travel to the institute dedication in South Korea due to medical concerns, but sent this video along in his stead. His…
- Creator Of Work MacDiarmid, Alan G., 1927-2007
- Subject Renewable energy sources, MacDiarmid, Alan G., 1927-2007, Fossil fuels, Korea (South)
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1H 16M 36S
Moore's Law at 40: Part 3
- 2005-May-13
Moore's Law at 40 was a symposium held at the Chemical Heritage Foundation (now the Science History Institute) on May 12-13, 2005 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the creation and publication of Moore's Law. The…
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9M 42S
Rhodia Drop-Deposition Adjuvants
- 1998
A short demonstration video of an agricultural industry coating sprayed on plants to enhance herbicide performance, likely intended to be played on a loop at a trade show booth. The video accessible here has been edited…
- Creator Of Work Rhodia, Inc.
- Producer G.P.M. Production Vidéo
- Subject Herbicides, Agriculture, Product demonstrations, Agricultural chemicals--Adjuvants, Agricultural chemistry
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50M 13S
NASA: The First 25 Years
- NASA: The 25th Year
- 1987
This is an overview of NASA's history, beginning with its founding in 1958 and leading up to its 25th anniversary in 1988. This video contains footage of many important moments in NASA's history, including the first…
- Creator Of Work Goodtimes Home Video Corp.
- Subject United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Project Mercury (U.S.), Project Gemini (U.S.), Project Apollo (U.S.), Skylab Program, Viking Mars Program (U.S.), Artificial satellites in telecommunication, Space flight, Voyager Project, Columbia (Spacecraft), Space Shuttle Program (U.S.)
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57M 04S
Chemical Instrumentation Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
- Symposium in Celebration of the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry
- 1987-Nov-05
Video of a symposium held for the opening of the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania in 1987. The event includes remarks from Arnold O. Beckman; Arnold…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry, Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Price, Charles C. (Charles Coale), 1913-2001, Proctor, Stanley I., 1936-, Long, Franklin A., 1910-1999, Good, Mary L., 1931-2019, Chemical Heritage Foundation, Eliel, Ernest L. (Ernest Ludwig), 1921-2008
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1H 58M 23S
Alan MacDiarmid Nobel Lecture at Ewha University, South Korea
- Synthetic Metals: A Novel Role for Organic Polymers
- 2001-May-11
Alan MacDiarmid, Hideki Shirakawa, and Alan Heeger won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001 for their work on plastic polymers that can conduct electricity. This lecture, given by MacDiarmid at Ihwa Yŏja Taehakkyo…
- Creator Of Work Ihwa Yŏja Taehakkyo
- Subject MacDiarmid, Alan G., 1927-2007, Polymers, Nobel Prize winners, Conducting polymers, Organic conductors, Nanotechnology
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20M 36S
American Institute of Chemists in China
- Scientific Exchange Tour 1984
- 1984
This video is a narrated slide show of photographs taken during the American Institute of Chemists' tour of China in 1984. Photographs were taken and the slideshow is narrated by organic chemist Peter Throckmorton and…
- Creator Of Work Throckmorton, Phyllis, Throckmorton, Peter Eugene
- Subject China, American Institute of Chemists, Petroleum industry and trade, Communes (China)
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34M 55S
Chemical Heritage Foundation Nobel Centennial Symposium
- Oxygen, by Roald Hoffmann and Carl Djerassi
- 2000-Nov-09
A live theatrical performance of scenes from the play Oxygen, written by chemists Carl Djerassi and Roald Hoffmann. This early performance of the play was held at the Nobel Centennial Symposium at the Chemical Heritage…
