The Construction of an Electron Microscope
name: label: Collection Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences
label: Collection Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences
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content: Medical Sciences Film Collection
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content: Medical Sciences Film Collection / Series 6: Miscellaneous Films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (color and black and white; silent; work print, 16mm; 599 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1961
container: label: Container
content: Reel OF 222.89
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Credits: Division of Electron Optics, Stanford University; built by L. Morton, Stanford University; F. Bubb; J. Guebmrier; S. W. Grinnell; R. G. E. Hutter; A. Jansse; C. Marton; F. Molnar; F. Pool. 

Summary: 000-124 - black and white; factory, delicate machinary, fitting pieces together. 125-152 - col.; man soldering.

153-206 - black and white; men working with lathe, cleaning center of disc, attach cylinder.

207-351 - color; men still attaching components, woman comes to see. 

352-381 - black and white; two men wiring and soldering.

382-499 - color; installing electric system; delicate work; cartoon of man looking through microscope at man sitting on sliver of moon in sky.

499-599 - color; adjusting lens of microscope—suburban house and neighborhood (car ca. 1950s.) Reason for inclusion in Medical Sciences Collection or Advertising Series is unclear.