First Footage Taken in Space - 1959 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2012-02-22 | Footage taken from a Thor missile launched on May 12, 1959 by a special "data capsule" containing a 16mm camera. Originally designed by GE to record footage of the missile itself for later analysis, the engineers quickly realized that the device could record images of the Earth itself.From the GE Film Catalog: "On May 12, 1959, Air Force Thor Missile Number 187 lifted off its launching pad at Cape Canaveral and headed Southeast out over the Atlantic Missile Range, To most observers, it was apparently just another routine test; however, this flight was different. In its blunt General Electric Mark 2 nose cone, Thor 187 carried a very special payload installed in a small data capsule that would be recovered when the flight was over. As usual, the reliable Thor was right on course. Fifteen minutes and 1500 miles after leaving the launching site, it came down so close to the predicted impact point that crew-members on the recovery ship standing by actually witnessed the data capsule plunge into the sea. In record time the sphere was hauled aboard and the vessel headed for shore. There, General Electric scientists began the careful processing of the capsule's contents. They were not long in finding the results they had hoped for—in the subdued light of a photographic dark room, on a still-dripping strip of developed motion picture film, the eyes of man beheld for the first time the image of the earth as it appears from beyond the atmosphere."
1972 WGY 50th Anniversary Television Program miSci - museum of innovation and science 2022-02-19 | The program aired on WRGB on February 20, 1972. The program was hosted by Earle Pudney and directed by William Futtrell. It featured interviews with Martha Brooks and violinist Edward Rice.
miSci on the Move: Zodiacal Constellation - Leo miSci - museum of innovation and science 2020-06-12 | In this video, Chris Givan, miSci's Planetarium Manager, discusses the zodiacal constellation Leo, which lies in the northern celestial hemisphere.
miSci on the Move: Zodiacal Constellation - Cancer miSci - museum of innovation and science 2020-06-12 | In this video, Chris Givan, miSci's Planetarium Manager, discusses the zodiacal constellation Cancer, which lies in the northern sky.
miSci on the Move - Straw Rockets miSci - museum of innovation and science 2020-06-12 | Chris Givan, miSci's Planetarium Manager, discusses the science behind straw rockets. This video also features exciting footage from the recent NASA SpaceX shuttle launch.
miSci Coverage of Space X NASA Launch (Rescheduled from Wednesday, May 27) miSci - museum of innovation and science 2020-05-31 | Join miSci Science Communicators as they discuss the historic Space X NASA Launch which is scheduled to occur on Saturday, May 30. The coverage begins at 2:50 pm EST.
miSci Coverage of Space X NASA Launch miSci - museum of innovation and science 2020-05-28 | Join miSci Science Communicators as they discuss the historic Space X NASA Launch which is scheduled to occur on Wednesday, May 27. Coverage begins at 3:30 pm EST.
miSci - Museum of Innovation and Science Butterfly House Live Stream miSci - museum of innovation and science 2020-05-27 | Chrysalis chamber in miSci butterfly house. Expecting over one hundred painted lady butterflies preparing to emerge in the next few days. The red liquid is fluid left over from the butterfly transformation, not blood.
miSci - Museum of Innovation and Science Butterfly House Live Stream miSci - museum of innovation and science 2020-05-27 | Chrysalis chamber in miSci butterfly house. Expecting over one hundred painted lady butterflies preparing to emerge in the next few days. The red liquid is fluid left over from the butterfly transformation, not blood.
miSci on the Move - Cryptography miSci - museum of innovation and science 2020-05-07 | In this video, Kurt Beecher, miSci's Exhibit Design Specialist (and alchemist in residence), explores the science of keeping secrets through cryptography with a fun at-home experiment.
miSci on the Move - Bellatrix miSci - museum of innovation and science 2020-04-17 | Chris Given, miSci’s Planetarium Manager, discusses Bellatrix, one of the most famous constellations (as well as one of the most infamous characters in the 'Harry Potter' universe).
miSci on the Move - Betelgeuse, The Giant Star miSci - museum of innovation and science 2020-04-17 | Chris Given, miSci’s Planetarium Manager, discusses the giant star Betelgeuse, its strengths and weaknesses.
miSci on the Move - Orion miSci - museum of innovation and science 2020-04-17 | Chris Given, miSci’s Planetarium Manager, discusses Orion, one of the most famous constellations, mainly because of ‘Orion’s Belt.’
miSci on the Move - Hurricanes miSci - museum of innovation and science 2020-04-17 | Lileas Maier, miSci's Director of School Programs, discusses the fascinating science behind hurricanes.
miSci on the Move - Social Distancing miSci - museum of innovation and science 2020-04-17 | Chris Givan, miSci's Planetarium Manager, uses a fun and easy way to explain social distancing, quarantines, and self-isolation, and why they're so important.
miSci on the Move - SoundWaves miSci - museum of innovation and science 2020-04-17 | In this video, we explore the complicated world of sound around us and learn how scientists measure the waves that carry sound.
miSci on the Move - Spectroscopy miSci - museum of innovation and science 2020-04-10 | Chris Givan, miSci’s Planetarium Manager, discusses the concepts and applications associated with spectroscopy, the study of the interaction between matter and electromagnetic radiation.
miSci on the Move - The Magnus Effect miSci - museum of innovation and science 2020-04-07 | In this video, we look into The Magnus Effect, which is the reason why curveballs turn in midair. We also take a look at air pressure and viscosity, all through a simple experiment you can do at home.
miSci on the Move - The Science of Bubbles miSci - museum of innovation and science 2020-04-03 | Learn about bubbles and the science that allows them to form. Explore the scientific concept of surface tension and participate in an engaging demonstration that you can try at home. Also featured is an interview with a NASA astronaut, who discusses surface tension and the use of water while in outer space.
miSci on the Move - Solar Ovens miSci - museum of innovation and science 2020-04-03 | Explore how harnessing the power of the sun, can be used to produce heat. Learn about how this heat can be used to power solar ovens, which allows us to perform one of the most common and universal activities – cooking.
miSci on the Move - Convection Currents miSci - museum of innovation and science 2020-04-03 | Learn about heat and convection. Explore convection currents and the ways in which they are used in our everyday lives.
miSci on the Move - The Blue Bottle Experiment miSci - museum of innovation and science 2020-03-26 | Explore the world of chemistry with this fun, color-changing experiment. Using chemicals and common, everyday ingredients, viewers will learn that almost everything they do is connected to science.
miSci on the Move - The Conductivity of Metals miSci - museum of innovation and science 2020-03-26 | Learn about heat and how it moves through different metals. Viewers explore this concept and gain a better understanding of how it is applied in our everyday lives.
ARISS Space Station Contact 2016-1210 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2016-12-12 | Space Station contact at miSci, Museum of Innovation & Science on December 10, 2016, approximately 2:50pm. Students are talking to Commander R. Shane Kimbrough on the International Space Station. Special thanks to Schenectady Museum Amateur Radio Association, William Gundry Broughton Charitable Foundation, and ARISS for making the event possible.
Precontact miSci - museum of innovation and science 2016-12-12 | Prelude and introduction to Space Station contact at miSci, Museum of Innovation & Science on December 10, 2016, approximately 2:50pm. Special thanks to Schenectady Museum Amateur Radio Association, William Gundry Broughton Charitable Foundation, and ARISS for making the event possible.
GE Coatings Technology Center, c. 1986 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2014-02-26 | Explores use of robots to apply protective alloys and ceramic-based materials to gas turbine componen
Farm Family American - ca. 1953 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-11-20 | Dramatization shows advantages of new farm machinery to increase profits. May have been filmed locally since one shot shows Pine Grove Farms which used to be on Rt. 7 in Duanesburg.
Clean Waters - 1946 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-11-20 | From the GE film catalog: "Named the best commercially sponsored film in the world by the Films of the World Festival in Chicago in 1947, "Clean Waters" dramatically portrays the importance of our natural waters. The film was prepared with the co-operation of the United States Public Health Service."Beautifully photographed, the film tells a forceful story of the $100,000,000 annual loss in the U.S. due to water pollution. It illustrates the dangers of pollution to our fish and wild life, our city water supply systems, our recreational facilities, and our public health, and stresses the urgency of preventing this pollution through proper sewage treatment."
Lightning - 1942 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-11-18 | An early documentary about the nature of lighting, its effects on electrical equipment and safeguards that may be used against it.Understanding lightning. Protection of transmission lines. Formation of charged droplets in a cloud. Cloud-to-earth potential. Breakdown. Leaders and return strokes. Traveling waves on transmission lines. Reflected waves. Flashover. Oscillations in transformers. Shielded transformers. Effect of series inductance on transformer oscillation. Thyrite shunts to reduce oscillation. Valve-type lightning arrestors. Arrestor location. Pittsfield High-Voltage Laboratory. Lightning rods. Transmission line models. Thyrite arrestors. Flashover arcs. Expansion tubes for arc interruption.
A Question of Law and Order - 1958 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-11-18 | Film aimed at defining allowable limits of action by striking employees, produced by General Electric. Think about that for a second.Opposes intimidation and violence by union members. History of violence in labor/management relations. Wagner and Taft-Hartley Acts. Rights of strikers, employers, non-striking employees. Unfair labor practices. Coercive picketing. Property damage through vandalism and violence. Police responsibility. Community responsibility. makes use of films from hearings chaired by Robert F. Kennedy. Answer print revised.
Excursions in Science #3 - 1936 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-11-12 | A short filmstrip explaining some of GE's experiments and some of their applications. Model of a 'weak magnet'. Curie metal loses magnetic properties when heated. Damping rings on spur gears reduces gear noise. Automatic lawn sprinklers at NELA Park. Super-sensitive vacuum tube controls thyratron. Voice signals used to control model electric train.
More Power to America: Tenth Anniversary - 1955 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-11-08 | A short reel celebrating the tenth anniversary of General Electric's "More Power to America" sales program.Predictions of the next ten years include: double KWH/manhour, increase productivity 30%, increase plant expenditures 50%, increase community and commercial electrification 110%, farm electrification 117%. Sales tools described.
The Phantom - 1946 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-11-08 | SilentCarrier trials of the McDonnell XFD-1 jet fighter, AKA the McDonnell Phantom, the first completely jet powered plane to operate from an aircraft carrier.USS Franklin D. Roosevelt leaves Hampton Roads, 7-20-46. Corsairs arrive with officers to witness tests. First jet flight from a carrier 7-21-46. Westinghouse I98 engine. Photographed by GE Aircraft Division.
The Fabricated GE Kitchen - ca. 1930 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-10-03 | Early short film on the construction of a standardized kitchen, courtesy of products created by General Electric.
Excursions in Science & Engineering #5 - 1937 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-10-03 | A short in the "Excursions in Science" series dealing with new technologies, including "liquid air," a magnetic caliper and a cathode ray oscilloscope.
Land of Cotton - 1922 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-10-01 | Story of cotton, from planting the seed to weaving the fabric. Includes typical scenes from the world's largest plantation, the most important cotton terminal, and one of the largest textile mills.
Our Daily Bread - ca. 1926 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-10-01 | An early documentary about the process of growing wheat and producing flour.Important steps in harvesting wheat, milling flour and baking bread. Hand cradle, raking, binding sheaves. Horse-drawn reaper. McCormack's binder (horse drawn). Tractor-drawn harvesters. Combines (harvest and thresh). Hand flail for threshing. Tread-mill thresher (horse driven). Tractor-driven threshers. Water-powered mills. Electric roller mills. Grain storage tanks (elevators). Screening grain. Washing. Magnetic separator to remove iron debris. Conveyors. Crushing with corrugated rollers. Bolting and grinding. Flour baggers. Dough mixing. Door-to-door delivery of baked goods.
Excursions in Science #4: Phototubes - 1937 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-09-27 | A short reel from the "Excursions in Science" series extolling the uses of the phototube, a light sensitive device that generates a current. Coupled with a thyratron, the phototube can control a camera and automatically capture the "photo finish" of a horse race. Use of phototubes in talking motion pictures.
Dr. C.F. Scott - 1933 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-09-27 | Charles F. Scott, Prof. of EE at Yale and President of the AIEE 1902-03 reminisces about his career. Recorded in Schenectady May 8, 1933. Film incomplete - stops in mid-sentence.
People, Places and Progress - 1963 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-09-23 | Manufacture of steam turbines. Technology in electric power. Narrated by Ernie Tetrault. Compares US and USSR power generation capacity. Bldg. 273. M&P laboratory. Research Laboratory: magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), thermionic conversion, fuel cells, fusion. Gas turbine packaged power plants. Oklahoma Gas & Electric combined cycle palnt. Atomic power. Vallecitos Atomic Laboratory. Dresden Nuclear Power Station. Big Rock nuclear plant. Air-blast circuit breakers. Vacuum interruptors. EHV transmission. Prototype 750 KV line in the Berkshires. High Voltage DC (HVDC) power lines. Computer simulation. Power grids. Underground power distribution. Some parts of film are B&W, most are color.
Apparatus Newsreel: Integrated Data Processing - ca. 1946 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-09-23 | Early film on data processing in the pre-electronic era using Western Electric and IBM equipment (punched tape and punched card storage) for accounts receivable, invoices, shipping papers, etc.
GE News in Review - 1955 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-09-23 | A newsreel of information for General Electric salesman. Contains updates on transformer design, Turbine sales, GE designed gun controls for American fighter jets and a selection from a film on farm electrification "Farm Family American."
Pathways to Modern Mathematics - 1964 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-09-19 | An educational filmstrip about numbers, sets and mathematics aimed at high-school students. Features Robert F. Williams, Chairman, Mathematics Department, Schalamont School District. Labeled as "Part 2," but it's not clear that this is the case.
Engineer Shortage - 1955 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-09-19 | Raw unedited footage. Several GE professionals are asked about the shortage of trained American engineers relative to Russia.
A&SP Performs - 1965 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-09-10 | Promotional film for Advertising and Sales Promotion. Includes clip of old GE commercial with Dick Powell and John Barrymore. Shows how different people approach ad campaign.
Film Interlock - 1960 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-09-10 | A short animated prologue for a film projected in interlock format; meaning that the video and audio are on separate reels. The prologue explains that changes can be made before the final film is combined and edited, which means that the film was probably shown before draft technical films produced by GE.
Worlds Fair Newsreel #2 - 1964 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-09-06 | Newsreel created by General Electric for their "Progress Land" exhibition at the 1964 World's Fair.Total electric living in Florida. VTOL X14A aircraft (2-J85 engines). Dresden nuclear refueling. Electric home for physically handicapped. Electric sauna heater. Customer Service at Grand Central Terminal.
Worlds Fair Newsreel #1 - 1964 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-09-06 | Newsreel created by General Electric for their "Progress Land" exhibition at the 1964 World's Fair.Leisure World retirement community at Seal Beach, California features all electric living. Bell X-14A VTOL aircraft with two J-85 engines demonstrated at NASA Ames. Computer used at Western Reserve library to search collection for references. CARE uses GE mobile X-ray truck to combat tuberculosis (TB) in Honduras. New heater popularizes Finnish sauna (girl identified as Sylvia Lauterborn of Schenectady). GE service shop for small appliances at Grand Central Station. Mobile service for large appliances.
Vallecitos Dedication - 1957 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-09-06 | Opening of Vallecitos Boiling Water Nuclear Reactor, with speeches from visiting officials: George White, Gen. Mgr. Atomic Power Equipment Dept. Vallecitos dedication speech by Carl T. Durham of NC, chairman Joint committee on atomic energy. Radioactive materials lab, experimental physics lab, developmental boiling water reactor.
Getting Your Right of Way - 1960 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-09-05 | Describes need for integrated transportation system incorporating freeways, feeder buses and rapid transit. Area-wide planning. Rapid transit districts.
Air Research Lab Dedication - 1946 miSci - museum of innovation and science 2013-09-05 | Dedication of GE Flight Test Center at Schenectady County Airport. P-80 "Shooting Star" jet engine. Lockheed Constellation, Douglas Skymaster, B24, Flying Boxcar. Charles Wilson. Helicopter, Corsairs, Bearcats,Tigercats, Mustang, DC3, P-80, civilian planes. Stuart Symington, Jimmy Doolittle, Igor Sikorski. Martin Mars flying boat, jet-assisted take-off (JATO). First woman in jet (INS reporter). XR-8 helicopter with counter-rotating main rotors and no tail rotor. First jet airmail.
