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From: mark@elsie.UUCP (Mark J. Miller)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: animated science films
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Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 09:05:45 EST
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> < yum >
> 
> I also remember the animated science films from elementary
> school days; they left a lasting impression on me as well.
> I recall that they were usually at least two big 35mm
> reels, long enough to last an entire double period!
> 
> The common features that stand out in my mind is that they
> usually started with live action, with some people talking
> about some subject.  When they decided they wanted more 
> information, these folks (usually two men, as I recall) would 
> "go to the Magic Screen."  They would walk to a wall which was
> covered by a big red drape.  When they drew the drape to
> one side, the animated characters would be visible on the
> Magic Screen thus revealed.  I think the film about hemoglobin
> followed this pattern.
> 
> Those films were entertaining and informative -- easily my
> favorite school-time movies!
> 
> -- 
> 
> -Andrew		Andrew Glassner		decvax!mcnc!unc!glassner

I believe you're thinking of the Bell Telephone Science Series. A response
to Sputnik, and one of the greatest things that ever appeared on Television
(should this discussion now go to net.tv?). The Unchained Goddess; Hemo the
Magnificant; The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays; with a Dr. Frank Baxter
(who was an English Professor, I believe) and someone else (what was his
name?). I remember them from when I was a pre-teen. They were specials and I
would circle the day on the calendar when they would be on. Best of all my
parents would let me stay up late to watch them. I believe Disney did the
animation.

How many scientists and technocrats are there out in net land who can
trace their intellectual origins to that series?

-- 
Mark J. Miller
NIH/NCI/DCE/LEC
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