Archive for May 16th, 2021

“What you gonna do when you get out of jail?…” part 411

Sunday, May 16th, 2021

Science Sunday!

I thought I’d do a sampler platter today. Roughly from short to long:

“The Creation and Behavior of Radio Waves”. This is a 1942 Army Signal Corps film: I guess technically this could be MilHisMonday, but it is more about the theory of radio than specific military radio usage, so I feel like it qualifies here.

“The Nuclear Look”, a pro-nuclear power propaganda film from Westinghouse.

And speaking of nukes, “Medical Aspects of Nuclear Radiation”.

In the light of more current science, the film seems woefully incomplete and misleading.

Finally: I know this was just posted recently, and I’m trying to avoid using anything that’s not older than at least a month. But I haven’t done any space science recently, I haven’t done anything from the Soviet perspective, and we’re moving towards closure here, so: “Conquerors Of the Universe”, a documentary about the Soviet space program. Don’t worry, it’s narrated in English.