Bridgeman Arts
Historical re-enactment scenes of music production studio in the 1920s. Jazz band plays while producers record it onto vinyl. Filmed in 1958.
Clip 3 from Au Creux des Sillons. French language film about the history of sound recording made in 1958 with the help of Pathe-Marconi. Shows the process of manufacturing vinyl discs from studio recording to factory. Historical...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Exhibition celebrates invention of cinema
CLEAN : Exhibition celebrates invention of cinema
Bloomberg
The Forgotten Flying Saucer Man of Silicon Valley
Nov.19 -- Alexander Weygers, a Renaissance man in the mold of the tech industry’s stated ideal, is a forgotten figure in Silicon Valley's history. In this Hello World short, Ashlee Vance visits an art dealer whose curiosity about Weygers...
Bridgeman Arts
Animated 19th century phenakistoscope with jumping zebra and swinging monkey
Phenakistoscope c.1833, animated to create an illusion of motion.
Bridgeman Arts
Animated 19th century praxinoscope with six scenes
Praxinoscope animated to create an illusion of motion.
TED-Ed
A Call to Invention: DIY Speaker Edition
Can you build a homemade speaker out of a potato chip? Bestselling author and do-it-yourself expert William Gurstelle shows you how in his brief presentation at TEDYouth 2012. He encourages young people to be creative and explore...
Curated OER
Johann Gutenberg
After the countdown, The series "The 100 Most Influential People of the Millennium" ends with the number one most influential person in the last 1000 years. Johann Gutenberg is selected because of his invention of the printing press.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Sci Girls: Make & Technovate
SciGirls videos feature real girls putting science and engineering to work to answer real-life questions and make discoveries in the world around them. Find videos covering a wide variety of innovative technical inventions.
Other
Econ Clips: Invention vs Innovation
What's the difference between invention and innovation? Why do some inventions change the lives of people and some are abandoned and forgotten even if they are brilliant? Learn how economics and entrepreneurship play important roles in...
PBS
Pbs Kids Clubhouse Adventures: Read Good Books!: Egg Drop Challenge
KIDS Clubhouse Adventures kids read and discover more about inventions. They are inspired to invent a structure that will protect an egg from breaking when dropped. They choose the materials, work as a team and have a lot of fun!
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Frontiers of the Future
This film made during the Great Depression was an attempt to calm fears of the future by presenting how scientists were hard at work trying to solve the problems of the universe.
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Invention: The Vest Pocket Cycle
In 1933, inventor Alex Brun of Cincinnati, Ohio invented the Vest Pocket Cycle. This is what today would be a minibike or a motorized scooter.
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: From Dreams to Reality Inventors
Narrated by Ossie Davis, this tribute to minority inventors touches upon many inventions that have contributed to American science, technology, and medicine. Motivates junior and senior high school students (minority) to take scientific...
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Chance Discoveries: Kevlar
Richard Engel tells the story of lab work done in 1965 by DuPont chemist Stephanie Kwolek that unexpectedly produced Kevlar, a lightweight fiber five times stronger than steel. [4:06]
PBS
Pbs Kids Design Squad: Kid Engineer: South Africa Invents
Check out the prototypes that the kid engineers built at the Sci-Bono Clubhouse in South Africa, like a motion-sensing recycling bin and a motorized bridge! [6:08]