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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.

Pre-K - Higher Ed
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...
News Clip5:42
AFP News Agency

CLEAN : Exhibition celebrates invention of cinema

9th - Higher Ed
CLEAN : Exhibition celebrates invention of cinema
News Clip10:11
Bloomberg

The Forgotten Flying Saucer Man of Silicon Valley

Higher Ed
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...
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Bridgeman Arts

Animated 19th century phenakistoscope with jumping zebra and swinging monkey

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Phenakistoscope c.1833, animated to create an illusion of motion.
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Bridgeman Arts

Animated 19th century praxinoscope with six scenes

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Praxinoscope animated to create an illusion of motion.
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Getty Images

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Pre-K - Higher Ed
problem idea
Instructional Video6:49
TED-Ed

A Call to Invention: DIY Speaker Edition

4th - 12th Standards
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...
Instructional Video8:38
Curated OER

Johann Gutenberg

7th - 12th
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.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Kids: Sci Girls: Make & Technovate

Pre-K - 1st
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.
Instructional Video
Other

Econ Clips: Invention vs Innovation

9th - 10th
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...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Kids Clubhouse Adventures: Read Good Books!: Egg Drop Challenge

Pre-K - 1st
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!
Instructional Video
Have Fun With History

Have Fun With History: Frontiers of the Future

9th - 10th
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.
Instructional Video
Have Fun With History

Have Fun With History: Invention: The Vest Pocket Cycle

9th - 10th
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.
Instructional Video
Have Fun With History

Have Fun With History: From Dreams to Reality Inventors

9th - 10th
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...
Instructional Video
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Chance Discoveries: Kevlar

9th - 10th
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]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Kids Design Squad: Kid Engineer: South Africa Invents

3rd - 8th
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]