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Poster for Electrons (1937)

Electrons (1937)

1937 · Short film · 10 min

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Through animated drawings and photography explains the hypothesis that electricity consists of unit elementary charges. Demonstrates the conduction of electricity through solutions, gases, and vacuum: Faraday's laws; movement of charges in vacuum tubes: operation of photoelectric cells: and reproduction of sound on film. For high school and college groups. A survey of U.S. history from 1800 to 1817. Highlights the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson, the Barbary War, the Louisiana Purchase, the…

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★★★ · Bzzzzzzt! · Spuzz · 2017-11-08

A surprisingly advanced at least for me look into the world of electrons. Using plenty of animation and lots of interesting experiments the film proves… Something. It was a little too advanced for me, but interesting to look at nevertheless. I seem to have missed that part about the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson though.

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