Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site elsie.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!cvl!elsie!mark From: mark@elsie.UUCP (Mark J. Miller) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: animated science films Message-ID: <4102@elsie.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 09:05:45 EST Article-I.D.: elsie.4102 Posted: Mon Dec 17 09:05:45 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 19-Dec-84 02:17:09 EST References:<164@unc.UUCP> Organization: NIH-LEC, Bethesda, MD Lines: 42 > < 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 UUCP: decvax!harpo!seismo!elsie!mark Phone: (301) 496-5688