Summary

WHY STUDY SCIENCE

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: WHY STUDY SCIENCE
File Number: CRI-31 16mm Beta SP
Color: Color
Type: Educational
Year: 1960s
Description: Color 1960s Educational film about science. The subjects touched upon include fossils inertia chemistry light and heat simple machines. "When you study science it helps you understand the things you see, and do, and use, and certainly live a much better, happier life." 01:20:00:00 Color 1960s vs La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles: tar in pond statues of prehistoric animals CU fossil skulls of prehistoric animals, hands open their jaws (dire wolf sabertooth tiger ground sloth NOTE: the wolf and sloth are misidentified here). 01:21:36:00 Color 1960s cu ECU dog eating meat CU horse teeth, boy holds its mouth open, funny shot. 01:22:00:00 Color 1960s ms Boy rides bicycle on country road, good tracking shot he rides on dirt road, gets stuck in sand. Also, 1:23:10. 01:22:32:00 Color 1960s cu Hand spins toy top, generic. 01:23:24:00 Color 1960s ms Scientist in laboratory, fills test tube with chemical drops block of parrafin wax into beaker. 01:24:03:00 Color 1960s cu ECU candle flame, generic. 01:24:34:00 Color 1960s ws ms Two boys playing baseball, practice bunting same boys perform simple science experiment, stick thermometers into white and black jars of water ECU thermometer. 01:26:20:00 Color 1960s ms cu Girl in kitchen opens can with can opener wall-mounted can opener electric egg beater. 01:27:48:00 Color 1960s ws Children leaving school, PAN as they walk single file onto school bus, excellent school bus drives away, good. 01:28:10:00 Color 1960s cu Television, JFK on the screen. 01:28:18:00 Color 1960s ms Girl in flower garden, brief. 01:29:22:00 Color 1960s ms Girl opens refrigerator, gets apple.
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