Title: Harvard Science Center Film Collection
Year: 1933
Subjects: Zacharias, Jerrold Reinach,; Shostak, G. Seth.; Schlesinger, H. I. (Hermann Irving),; Oppenheimer, J. Robert,; Meeks, M. L. (Marion Littleton),; Lemon, Harvey Brace,; Fermi, Enrico,; Else, Jon.; Eames, Ray; Eames, Charles.; Copernicus, Nicolaus,; Bronowski, Jacob,; Baez, Albert V.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.; San Francisco State College.; Harvard University; Harvard Project Physics.; Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.; Erpi Classroom Films, Inc.; Medical Committee for Human Rights (U.S.); Time-Life Films.; Thermodynamics; Space; Sound.; Physics; Optics; Nuclear physics; Motion pictures in physics.; Motion; Matter; Force and energy; Films of Charles & Ray Eames.; Flea circuses.; Electrostatics; Diffusion.; Conception.; Chemical reactions; Brownian motion processes.; Astronomy; Delivery (Obstetrics); Gas laws (Physical chemistry); Surtsey (Iceland); Milky Way.; Crab Nebula.
Abstract: In addition to texts, films play an integral role in communicating information and explaining complex ideas. For this reason films were often used in classrooms to supplement traditional course material. This 16mm film collection from the Harvard Science Center features educational science films from 1933 to 1998 on a variety of scientific subject matter including physics, chemistry, biology and astronomy. The intended audience for most of these films were secondary students, though some were produced for military training or general audiences.