Safety in the lab

Aims to heighten awareness of laboratory safety procedures with a special emphasis on the handling of dangerous chemicals.

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Credits

director

Rod Rees

production company

Educational Media Centre, Education Unit, R M I T

Duration

00:15:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1979

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

325230

Language

English

Subject categories

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Laboratories - Safety measures

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Chemicals - Safety measures

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Laboratories - Safety measures

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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Australia, 1979