Light waves and their uses

United States, 1938

Film
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This elementary explanation of light deals with the following points: the principles of reflection with plane, concave, and convex mirrors; refraction in connection with lenses, with particular reference to the human eye; the principles and applications of interference; polar screens; the electro-magnetic spectrum; the quantum theory.

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Credits

production company

ERPI Classroom Films

Duration

00:10:37:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1938

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

322144

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Lenses, Photographic

Crafts & Visual Arts → Mirrors

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Science - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Eye - Human anatomy

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Electromagnetism

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Light

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Reflection (Optics)

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Refraction

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science - Study and teaching

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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