Recording Modern Science

Pallet 43 -20460 -9 minutes, Kodak Positive^^Produced by Truman Talley, Edited by Lew Lehar^Kind of a newsreel roundup of various trends in science, some important, ��^some amusing.^^to 1:00 World's largest telescope lens being ground^1:30 Stratosphere balloon lofted for experiments;^ balloon fails, falls^1:40 flexible elastic crystal (looks like plastic) ^ discovered -- demonstrated at NY World's Fair^ (debut of plastic at NY World's Fair?)^2:43 Baseball player HANK GREENBERG tries to break it ^ with baseball, bat (can't)^3:00 Clear violin made out of plastic^ Sand to silicon to cloth^4:13 Fireman wear asbestos suits, exit flames unhurt^5:00 Wind tunnel experiments for aviation improvements^5:15 New York's telephone switchboard -- shots of circuits,^ operators^5:53 One man submarine -- tests in Lake Michigan -- works^7:00 Waterproof hairstyles (sprayed on cellophane).^ women in swimsuits dive into pool to demonstrate styles^7:30 Rice being planted by plane; also crop dusting^8:54 Man-made lightning at Paris exposition, also at G.E.^