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It Didn't Just Happen

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This is a promotional film for the National Plastics Hall of Fame, at the time housed in the National Plastics Center and Museum in Leominster, Massachusetts. Frank S. Marra narrates this short presentation about some of the most well-known plastics inventions -- like Teflon, celluloid film, and Tupperware -- and the unseen work behind them.

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Donated to the Science History Institute by Jeffrey Sturchio in 1991.
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  • 5m 44s
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 11

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National Plastics Center & Museum, and The Plastics Academy. “It Didn't Just Happen.” Vhs, n.d. Science History Institute DVD and Video Collection, Box 11. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/o4plrki.

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