- Title: V-3605
- Summary: POPULAR SCIENCE: FADS. STRANGE INVENTIONS. ODDITIES.
- Description:00:00:44 - PROFESSOR JACOBSON STUDYING EARTHQUAKES. PILE OF BUILDING BLUEPRINTS. ERECTS SYNTHETIC SKYSCRAPER 00:01:02 - DUPLICATING EARTHQUAKE SHOCK BY TRIPPING THE WEIGHT OF HEAVY PENDULUM AGAINST A COILED SPRING ATTACHED TO A TEN TON MOVEABLE FOUNDATION. SYNTHETIC SKYSCRAPER MOVES AND SWAYS. FLIPS A SWITCH, THROWS A SWITCH. FORCE & VELOCITY. CLOCK MOVING REALLY FAST. STUDYING EARTHQUAKES 00:01:53 - 1930s HOUSEWIFE SERVES HUSBAND BREAKFAST IN KITCHEN. NEW GADGETS, GIZMOS, POPULAR SCIENCE KITCHEN MECHANICS. HOUSEWIFE COOKS BACON ON ALUMINUM "DOG TIN". CRACKS EGGS. COOKING EGGS IN INDIVIDUAL EGG TINS. FRYING BACON. HUSBAND MAKES WAFFLES. 1930s KITCHEN CONVENIENCES. 00:03:03 - CU BREAKFAST, BACON, HOUSEWIFE SLIDES EGG ONTO PLATE SERVES HUSBAND. HUSBAND TAKES WAFFLE OUT OF NON-STICK WAFFLE IRON 00:03:30 - ELECTRIC HOTPLATE GRIDDLE. PANCAKES. FLAPJACKS ON AUTOMATED GRIDDLE. 1930s CONVENIENCES. CU BATTER FLOWS DOWN, WHEN COOKED, AUTOMATIC ARM FLIPS THEM OFF GRIDDLE 00:04:11 - AVIATION, MODEL AIRCRAFT ENGINE ASSEMBLY LINE CU MECHANICAL PARTS. WORKERS ASSEMBLING MODEL AIRPLANE ENGINE. 00:05:40 - MAN ADJUSTS TIMING DEVICE ON MINIATURE AIRPLANE HAND PROPS PLANE, MINIATURE AIRPLANE IN FLIGHT 00:06:16 - RADIOGRAPHIC STUDIOS, SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY. ARTHUR W. PUKES X-RAYS WOMAN. MODELLING CLAY ON PIECE OF GLASS SLIDE. WHICH FITS OVER HER IMAGE. DR. LEAVES ROOM, RADIOGRAPHING WOMAN'S BODY. TURNS TO SKELETON BEFORE OUR EYES. 00:08:47 - ILLINOIS STATE POLICEMAN TALKING INTO CAR RADIO IN FRONT OF HOUSE. RADIOS IN TO HEADQUARTERS 00:08:54 - "MOBILE JAIL" LEAVES HEADQUARTERS WITH SIRENS ON. DRIVER PULLS LEVER, HYDRAULIC JACKS LEVEL THE BUS ON UNEVEN GROUND. BULLET PROOF TURRET. SHOOT-OUT CRIMINAL COMES OUT OF HOUSE WITH HIS HANDS IN THE AIR SURRENDERS, THROW HIM IN MOBILE POLICE STATION 00:10:16 - POLICE CRIMINOLOGIST IN MOBILE POLICE STATION HOOKS CRIMINAL UP TO LIE DETECTOR MACHINE. PNEUMOGRAPH, POLYGRAPH MACHINE. ELECTRODES. BLOOD PRESSURE CUFFS. RECORDS CRIMINAL'S STATEMENT ON PHONOGRAPH. CU GRAPH AND PEN 00:10:53 - POLICEMAN DELIVERS RESULTS TO BALLISTIC EXPERT IN MOBILE CRIME LAB. 00:11:05 - CU DUSTING GUN FOR FINGERPRINTS. FINGERPRINTING GUN 00:11:21 - POLICEMAN PLUGS IN POWER CORD TO POWER OUTLET ON OUTSIDE OF VAN. FLUROSCOPE MACHINE, X-RAY IN BOX 00:11:30 - CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF BLOOD. MOBILE LAB. TEST TUBES. MICROSCOPE 00:11:50 - BEVERLY HILLS HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL GAME. 00:12:03 - CU ELECTRONIC SCORE BOARD. 00:12:07 - CU MAN PUSHES BUTTON. FLOOR PARTS REVEALING SWIMMING POOL UNDERNEATH. GIRLS JUMP IN AS FLOOR IS SEPARATING. GIRL'S SWIM TEAM, HYDRAULICALLY OPERATED DIVING BOARDS. MODERN DESIGN 00:12:55 - HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SWIM TEAM, DIVING, INDOOR SWIMMING POOL. COLORFUL MURAL ON WALL IN B/G. 00:13:17 - GIZMO ON HOT WATER HEATER ALERTS FAMILY WHEN WATER IS HOT. MAN ENTERS BASEMENT, LIGHTS MATCH ON BOTTOM OF HIS SHOW, IGNITES WATER HEATER. DEVICE, GIZMO HAND WITH MELTING RED WAX HITS WALL LEAVING RED DRIP MARK, KNIFE RELEASED WHICH CUTS STRING, GEARS TURNING, CANE BANGS ON CEILING WHEN WATER IS HEATED. ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR TYPE LEANS AGAINST HOT WATER HEATER, FEIGNS BURN. SMILES ODD INVENTIONS 00:14:02 - HS RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL CIRCA 1940s. 00:14:14 - CU PILE OF BRICKS. BAREFOOTED WORKER HITS BRICK WITH MALLET, THROWS INTO PILE. MEN IN HUGE PILES OF BRICKS, WHEELBARROW. CHOPPING INTO SMALLER PIECES. GRANITE. 00:14:32 - MAKING STONE MOSAIC SIDEWALKS. LAYING MOSAIC TILES ON SIDEWALK 00:14:50 - AVENIDA RIO BRANCO, BEAUTIFUL MOSAICS ON SIDEWALK 00:15:21 - NEW ORLEANS BOAT BUILDING PROGRAM. PAN DOCKS, LANDING BARGES. WORKERS ASSEMBLING BARGE PARTS. CU RIVETER. CUTTING METAL PLATES WITH TORCHES. LAUNCHING BARGES. 00:16:36 - TESTING ARMY LANDING CRAFT 00:16:49 - CU BARGE EMBLEM MOSQUITO ON TORPEDO 00:16:53 - MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SPEEDS PASE CIRCA 1943 PT-16 00:17:14 - SAILORS FLASHING FRESNEL TYPE MIRRORED LENS FLASH SEQUENCE, GLASS PRISM. MORSE CODE TYPE MARITIME COMMUNICATION TO ANOTHER BOAT. 00:17:22 - INVASION FORCE DISEMBARKS, EQUIPMENT LOADED ONTO WAITING BARGES, PATROL BOATS, NAVY VESSELS. 00:17:56 - SOLDIERS STORM THE BEACH FROM LANDING CRAFT HIGGINS BOAT. JEEP DRIVES OFF BACK OF HIGGINS BOAT. 00:19:40 - STEAM TRAIN IN DESERT, ENTERS LAS VEGAS NEVADA STATION 00:20:07 - CENTRAL TRAFFIC CONTROL, OPERATORS. BOARD RED LIGHTS. GREEN LIGHTS. TRAINS DIVERTED FOR OTHER TRAINS. SWITCHING TRACKS. BUTTONS PRESSED. SENDING CODED MESSAGES. SIGNAL ON. ENGINEER POV APPROACHING OPEN SWITCH. TRAIN MOVEMENTS FLASH ON CONTROL BOARD. DISPATCHER THROWS SWITCH BY REMOTE CONTROL. COMMUNICATIONS 00:21:40 - CU DISPATCHER CLOSES THE SWITCH. CU TRACKS MOVE BY REMOTE CONTROL. CONTROL SIGNAL. TRAIN SWITCHES TRACKS 00:22:05 - MS RAILROAD DISPATCHERS. 00:22:09 - STEAM TRAIN ROUNDS BEND ON DESERT TRACKS. 00:22:21 - 1940s WOMAN IN HER BEDROOM PRESSES BUTTON ON SIDE OF HER BED, BED MOVES POSITION TO MORE UPRIGHT, WOMAN TAKES OFF ROBE, GETS IN BED, TURNS ON READING LIGHT ON INSIDE OF BED. PHONE ALSO SEEN. MODERN CONVENIENCES. TURNS ON RADIO ALL BUILT INTO BED. WOMAN YAWNS, ADJUSTS AIR CONDITIONED BLANKET CONTROL KNOB. ADJUSTS BED FOR SLEEP. 00:23:19 - PRESSES BED CONTROL KNOB, BED SLIDES THROUGH THE WALL TO OUTSIDE ON PORCH. MODERN, FUTURISTIC BED 00:23:38 - SCENIC MOUNTAINS. FOREST. BROWN SECTION OF FOREST EUROPEAN SAWFLY 00:23:55 - CU SIGN "DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PARASITE INVESTIGATIONS" 00:23:59 - DELIVERY TRUCK DELIVERS LIVING INSECTS, SAWFLY LARVE TO ENTOMOLOGISTS. CU CATERPILLAR LIKE SAWFLIES CRAWLING ON BRANCHES. ROOM OF OPERATORS PREPARING SAWFLIES TO BE HOSTS TO PARASITES 00:24:38 - CU PICKING UP CATERPILLAR LIKE SAWFLIES WITH TWEEZERS & PLACING THEM IN BOXES. CU MARKING THE BACKS OF TINY EMBRYONIC SAWFLY. 00:25:14 - CU PLACING SAWFLY LARVAE IN MOSS FILLED BOX. CU SAWFLY COCOON. 00:25:31 - AGRICULTURAL WORKERS PLACING COCOONS INTO INDIVIDUAL GLASS CONTAINERS FOR INCUBATION 00:25:51 - WORKER BRINGS BOX TO INCUBATION ROOM, GIVEN ANOTHER BOW TO TAKE OUT. 00:26:01 - WORKERS TAKE FLIES OUT OF TUBE, PLACES IN TANK, CORKS TANKS. 00:26:27 - SCENIC MOUNTAIN FOREST SHOT 00:26:34 - FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA, PILOTS IN FORMATION FLYING LOW, NICKNAMED "GRASSHOPPERS" 00:26:43 - ARMY TRAINING BASE, PILOTS SHOOTING AT TANKS, FIELD ARTILLERY. MOSQUITOES, PLANES LANDING 00:27:25 - TRIO OF SOLDIERS CROUCHED, ONE TALKING ON FIELD RADIO, COMMUNICATIONS. OTHER TWO GET UP & RUN 00:27:30 - SOLDIERS READY BIG GUN, PILOT TAKES OFF, FIELD ARTILLERY PRECISION TRAINING. ONE WHEEL TAKE-OFF 00:28:00 - SOLDIERS IN THE FIELD LOOKING AT ARTILLERY MAPS, FIELD RADIO COMMUNICATIONS. STRATEGY. 00:28:05 - GUNNERS LOAD ARTILLERY, RECEIVE FIRING ORDERS, FIRE GUNS AT PLANE. CU PILOT ON RADIO. ARTILLERY FIELD PRACTICE. PREPARING FOR WAR. "GRASSHOPPER" PLANE.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1936
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: V-3605