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Bakelite Plastic Phenolic Resin: "The Fourth Kingdom" 1937 Bakelite Corporation Narr. Lowell Thomas

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more at http://scitech.quickfound.net/ 'Tells the story of development of Bakelite materials and rapid expansion of uses for these man-made products since 1909 when discovery was first made. Film demonstrates the extent to which plastics have become an integral part of daily experience. Scientist explains to a curious reporter the inventions of Dr. Baekeland... CU landing boat plane. Scientist in white lab coat being interviewed by reporter... Scientist hands reporter a test tube filled with solid plastic which he describes as "an exact duplicate of the one first cast by Dr. Baekeland in his own laboratory in 1907"... Pan over Bakelite factory in Bound Brook, New Jersey... CU machine cutting small puck-shaped disks of bakelite material... VS Bakelite molding material... CU disembodied hand holding electric shaver in Bakelite casing shaves man's face. CU back of brunette woman's head as she dries her hair with an electric hair dryer made of bakelite plastic material. VS CU worker places two mold blanks into round mold... VS machine presses in Bakelite factory producing various bakelite pieces including automotive pieces... Collage shot of six different disembodied hands tuning various antique radios in one frame... Pan over electrical substation. VS CU machine presses; disembodied hand removes bakelite part from mold... CU disembodied hand plugs antique cord into wall outlet. CU disembodied hand plugs power cord into electric iron. CU woman places bakelite top onto kettle. CU ash tray beside open cigarette box... CU man pours tobacco from tin into his pipe. CU bottom of man's cleats with bakelite spikes as man ties them. CU golf ball struck by driver. CU man screwing on back of flashlight; man models flashlight for camera. CU Hoover vacuum cleaner moving over rug. CU VS tray of bakelite blanks are placed into machine press... CU disembodied hand unscrews toothpaste cap with hand holding toothbrush. CU disembodied hand opens rectangular bakelite box revealing carving knife and fork. CU clock made of bakelite material... CU woman's face looking through small camera. CU disembodied hand takes reel of film out of canister filled with liquid, camera and leather camera case lay on table behind film reel. CU disembodied hand sprays soda water into glass with gin, ice bucket and bottle of gin in background of shot. CU composition of martini glasses and martini shaker, disembodied hand begins to unscrew top of martini shaker. Disembodied hand on antique intercom, edge of man's face enters edge of frame speaking into intercom. CU disembodied hands pull board out of case, text "Bakelite Transparent Materials" is superimposed on the board. CU bucket of creamy liquid... CU disembodied hand carving bakelite bracelet... Pipe salesman selling man bakelite pipe mouthpiece... "No sir it's called bakelite resinoid" VS inside paper mill producing long sheets of bakelite laminated paper... MS woman working on assembling line... CU disembodied hand lifts large power switch; VS inside power plant, long row of early twentieth century alternators. CU spinning gears. CU tray with three martini glasses... VS production of Bakelite lacquers... VS inside factory producing Bakelite resinoid bonded abrasive wheels. VS workers using powered abrasive wheels to sand frame of 1940s car on assembly line. VS plywood production using bakelite plywood bonding materials; VS plywood products, tables, trays, radios. CU canister of Luxene resinoid... CU woman smiling looking at her teeth in a hand held mirror. Low-angle shot of train speed past right side of camera along side of tracks. Man with soapy rag... TWA airplane with name "Skysleeper" painted in its side takes off. CU boiling flask, VS of scientists working in laboratories superimposed into the flask, followed by an infinity symbol and the Bakelite logo.' Public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archive, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied. The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakelite Bakelite, or polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, is an early plastic. It is a thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin, formed from an elimination reaction of phenol with formaldehyde. It was developed by Belgian-born chemist Leo Baekeland in New York in 1907. One of the first plastics made from synthetic components, Bakelite was used for its electrical nonconductivity and heat-resistant properties in electrical insulators, radio and telephone casings, and such diverse products as kitchenware, jewelry, pipe stems, and children's toys...