Public Domain Movies

A Magnet Laboratory (1959)
Running Time: 21 mins Black & White

Another film from the Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC). While not quite as entertaining as the Frames of Reference film. This one is an art form all to itself. Most of it looks like a one shot one take deal. Shown by a phone call for the speaker. And a surprise ending. This also has a number of 'in jokes' that few people outside of physicist think are funny. But over all it ought to keep children watching it and teach them some about magnetic fields. And maybe make them think messing around in a Maglab would be really fun.

How the Eye Functions (1941)
Running Time: 4 mins Black & White

Beautifully animated explication of human eye and eyesight.

Science in Action - Aero Medicine Part I (1956)
Running Time: 25 mins Black & White

Kinescope of Fifties science TV program featuring discussions and demonstrations. This episode is dedicated to the study of the effects of space travel on human physiology. .

Science in Action - Aero Medicine Part II (1956)
Running Time: 25 mins Black & White

Kinescope of Fifties science TV program featuring discussions and demonstrations. This episode is dedicated to the study of the effects of space travel on human physiology. .

Science in Action - Drilling for Oil Part I (1956)
Running Time: 25 mins Black & White

Kinescope of Fifties science TV program featuring discussions and demonstrations. In this episode, host Earl Herald interviews Howard G. Vesper, VP of Standard Oil Company of California, about the science of oil drilling. .

Science in Action - Drilling for Oil Part II (1956)
Running Time: 13 mins Black & White

Kinescope of Fifties science TV program featuring discussions and demonstrations. In this episode, host Earl Herald interviews Howard G. Vesper, VP of Standard Oil Company of California, about the science of oil drilling.

Science in Action - Drilling for Oil Part III (1956)
Black & White
Starring: Howard G. Vesper, VP of Standard Oil Company of California
Kinescope of Fifties science TV program featuring discussions and demonstrations. In this episode, host Earl Herald interviewsHoward G. Vesper, VP of Standard Oil Company of California,about the science of oil drilling.

Science in Action - Radar Defense Screen Part II (1956)
Running Time: 11 mins Black & White

Kinescope of Fifties science TV program featuring discussions and demonstrations. In this episode, host Earl Herald interviews Brigadeer General James W. Andrew of the U.S. Air Force, about the uses and technology of radar as an air defense tool.

Science in Action - Rivers of Ice Part I (1956)
Running Time: 16 mins Black & White

Kinescope of Fifties science TV program featuring discussions and demonstrations. This program is devoted to glaciers, and also includes a promo for the Academy of Sciences. Guests: Father Bernard Hubbard, the "Glacier Priest" (Santa Clara University, Department of Geology), and Dick Nile (student at San Francisco's Mission High School), demonstrating a precipitator. Animal of the Week: California Ground Squirrel...

Science in Action - Rivers of Ice Part II (1956)
Running Time: 15 mins Black & White

Kinescope of Fifties science TV program featuring discussions and demonstrations. This program is devoted to glaciers, and also includes a promo for the Academy of Sciences. Guests: Father Bernard Hubbard, the "Glacier Priest" (Santa Clara University, Department of Geology), and Dick Nile (student at San Francisco's Mission High School), demonstrating a precipitator. Animal of the Week: California Ground Squirrel. Host: Dr. Earl S. Herald. Date thought to be 1956.

Science in Action - Submarines Part I (1956)
Running Time: 7 mins Black & White

Kinescope of Fifties science TV program featuring discussions and demonstrations. This episode is devoted to submarines, their design and operation, the duties of the crew and the use of the escape lung. Guests: Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz and Vice Admiral Charles Lockwood. Host: Dr. Earl S. Herald.

Science in Action - Submarines Part II (1956)
Running Time: 15 mins Black & White

Kinescope of Fifties science TV program featuring discussions and demonstrations. This episode is devoted to submarines, their design and operation, the duties of the crew and the use of the escape lung. Guests: Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz and Vice Admiral Charles Lockwood. Animal of the Week: Toucan. Host: Dr. Earl S. Herald.

Science in Action - The Flow of Heat Part I (1956)
Running Time: 25 mins Black & White

Kinescope of Fifties science TV program featuring discussions and demonstrations. Guest: Dr. Harvey R. White (University of California). Animal of the Week: Gopher. Host: Dr. Earl S. Herald.

Science in Action - The Flow of Heat Part II (1956)
Running Time: 11 mins Black & White

Kinescope of Fifties science TV program featuring discussions and demonstrations. This episode is dedicated to the study of the effects of space travel on human physiology.

Tornado - Lightning (1950)
Black & White


Why Space (1957)
Running Time: 6 mins Black & White

Why Space ? U.S. Air Force Propaganda Video - (1957)