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University of Arizona Promotional Film "New Horizons" Tucson 84794 (1959)

1959 · Short film · 25 min

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This 1959 color documentary film covers the Research Programs at the University of Arizona. It is produced by prolific filmmaker Harry Atwood, himself a graduate from there. The film opens at Homecoming, and the band and cheerleaders perform (1:10-2:05). The original 1890 building is used by the ROTC (2:31-2:50). The old is demolished and replaced by new dormitories (2:51-3:24). The Fine Arts Center houses the Renaissance painting collection of Samuel H. Kress (3:25-3:40). Channel 2 TV crews film research projects in archaeology pottery and anthropology sand paintings (3:41-4:34). The National Observatory will be built on Kitt Peak (4:35-4:45). KVOA TV 4 films a solar energy project cooking a steak (4:46-5:05). The Institute of Atmospheric Physics studies clouds and rain, shown in a time lapse film (5:06-6:07). Radar equipment transmits information to an oscilloscope (6:08-6:35). Oil smoke is used to track wind patterns. Silver iodide is attached to a plane wing to research if weather can be purposely modified; research led by pilot Dr. A. Richard Kassander (6:36-7:35). Dr. A.E. Douglass pioneered dendrochronology, the study of tree rings. Wood cores are taken from trees and studied (7:37-9:05). Students in the Biological Sciences Building use white rats (9:06-9:28). A bacteriologist injects cultures of yeast, followed by radioactive sugar. Shown are a series of machines (9:29-10:14). A researcher in the College of Pharmacy compounds a universal antidote (10:15-10:42). At…

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Running time
25 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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