Physics Cinema Classics

Disc 1/Side A: Mechanics

1 Side Index

2 Physics: Cinema Classics Topics

3 How to use this videodisc

4 Acknowledgements

5 Credits

6 Video Test Frames

10 Time and Place Index

11 Measuring Short Distances (PSSC, 1959)

12 High-Speed Photography (PSSC, 1958)

13 Drops and Splashes (Ealing, 1969)

14 Bullet and Egg (VA, 1989)

15 Relative Position: Who's Upside Down? (PSSC, 1960)

16 Relative Motion: Who's Moving? (PSSC, 1960)

17 Relative Motion: Carts on a Table (PP, 1968)

20 Uniform Motion Index

21 Dry Ice Puck (PSSC, 1959)

22 Air Table Puck and Automobile (Ealing, 1969)

30 Accelerated Motion Index

31 Air Track Glider (Ealing, 1965)

32 Dry Ice Puck (PSSC, 1960)

33 Air Table Puck and Motorcycle (Ealing, 1969)

34 An Accelerating Automobile (PSSC, 1960)

35 An Automobile Trip (PSSC, 1960)

36 Analyzing a Hurdle Race (PP, 1968)

37 Motion in an Accelerating Frame (PSSC, 1960)

40 Free Fall Index

41 Free Fall Ride (VA, 1989)

42 Falling Bowling Ball-1 (PP, 1968)

43 Falling Bowling Ball-2 (PP, 1969)

44 Falling 'Down Under' in Australia (EBEC, 1970)

45 Falling Scale Model Bridge (PSSC, 1959)

46 Falling Ball (PSSC, 1959)

47 Falling Ball on Moving Cart (PSSC, 1960)

48 Ball Falling from Ship Mast (PP, 1968)

50 Vectors Index

51 Adding Collinear Velocities (PSSC, 1960)

52 Dry Ice Puck (PSSC, 1959)

53 Cart Trip (Ealing, 1967)

54 Boat and River (PP, 1959)

60 Forces Index

61 Tug of War (EBEC, 1970)

62 Ice Skater (PSSC, 1959)

63 Deflecting Forces (PSSC, 1960)

64 Strength-to-Weight (PSSC, 1959)

70 Newton's Laws Index

71 Newton's First Law: Air Track (Ealing, 1965)

72 Table Cloth (VA, 1989)

73 One Force - Two Forces (PSSC, 1959)

74 One Mass - Two Masses (PSSC, 1959)

75 Newton's Second Law: Air Track (Ealing, 1965)

76 Up and Down in an Elevator (PF, 1963)

77 Newton's Third Law: Air Track (Ealing, 1965)

78 Fire Extinguisher (NA, 1990)

Disc 1/Side B: Mechanics (II) and Heat

1 Side Index

2 Physics: Cinema Classics Topics

3 How to use this videodisc

4 Acknowledgements

5 Credits

6 Video Test Frames

10 Projectile Motion Index

11 Vertical and Horizontal Motion (PSSC, 1961)

12 Horizontal Ballistics (PSSC, 1961)

13 Ballistics (PSSC, 1961)

14 Ping Pong Ball Model (PSSC, 1960)

15 Air Table and Shotputter (Ealing, 1968)

16 Airplane and Flare (PP, 1968)

17 Snowmobile and Flare (PP, 1968) 21

20 Circular Motion Index

21 Vectors (PSSC, 1960)

22 Dry Ice Puck (PSSC, 1960)

23 Hammer Throw (EBEC, 1970)

24 Ball and Merry-Go-Round (VA, 1989)

25 Loop-the-Loop (VA, 1989)

26 Acceleration of Air Table Puck and Automobile (Ealing, 1969)

27 Forces on Air Table Puck and Model Airplane (Ealing, 1969)

28 Carnival Ride (PF, 1963)

29 Dry Ice Puck on Turntable (PSSC, 1960) 24

30 Periodic Motion Index

31 Large Pendulums (PSSC, 1958)

32 Glider on Curved Air Track (Ealing, 1965)

33 Sand Pendulums (ESS, 1963)

34 People on Swings (PSSC, 1960; EBEC, 1970; VA, 1989)

35 Ball on Spring (PSSC, 1960)

36 Pucks on an Air Table (Ealing, 1968)

37 Simple Harmonic Motion (PSSC, 1960)

40 Planetary Motion Index

41 Solar System Model (VA, 1989)

42 Retrograde Motion (PP, 1968)

43 Phases of the Moon (VA, 1989)

44 Tilt of the Earth (VA, 1989)

45 A Moon of Jupiter (PP, 1968)

46 Foucault Pendulum (PSSC, 1960)

47 Cavendish Experiment (PSSC, 1960; Ealing, 1968)

50 Heat and Temperature Index

51 Friction (EBEC, 1974)

52 Transfer of Heat (EBEC, 1974)

53 Thermal Expansion (EBEC, 1968)

60 Gas Laws Index

61 Boyle's Law (PSSC, 1962; Ealing, 1967)

62 Charles' Law (PSSC, 1962)

63 Pressure and Temperature (PSSC, 1959)

Disc 2/Side C: Waves (I)

1 Side Index

2 Physics: Cinema Classics Topics

3 How to use this videodisc

4 Acknowledgements

5 Credits

6 Video Test Frames

10 Wave Propagation Index

11 Wave Vocabulary (EBEC, 1961, 1974)

12 Energy Transfer (EBEC, 1961)

13 Various Media (PSSC, 1959)

14 Wave Machine (PSSC, 1959)

15 Longitudinal - Slinky (EBEC, 1974)

16 Sound (EBEC, 1961, 1974)

17 Ultrasound (EBEC, 1974)

18 Light (EBEC, 1961; PSSC, 1959)

19 Speed of Light (PSSC, 1959)

20 Periodic Waves Index

21 Ripple Tank (PSSC, 1961)

22 Sound (EBEC, 1970, 1974)

23 Electromagnetic Spectrum (EBEC, 1973)

24 Electric Power Line (PSSC, 1958)

25 Radio (EBEC, 1961)

26 Sound and Light (PSSC, 1961)

27 Doppler Effect - Trains and Automobiles (NA, 1990; MH, 1952)

28 Doppler Effect and Shock Waves - Ripple Tank (PSSC, 1961)

29 Doppler Effect Equations (MH, 1952)

30 Superposition Index

31 Computer Animation (EBEC, 1971)

32 Slinky (EBEC, 1971)

33 Radio (PSSC, 1961)

34 Microwaves (PSSC, 1961)

35 Lasers (EBEC, 1973)

40 Standing Waves Index

41 Wires (PP, 1968)

42 Wave Machine (EBEC, 1971; PSSC, 1961)

43 Slinky (EBEC, 1971)

44 Soap Film (EBEC, 1971)

45 Drum (PP, 1968)

46 Sound with an Oscilloscope (EBEC, 1972)

47 Sound with an Audiometer (PSSC, 1961)

48 Resonance - Sound (EBEC, 1961)

49 Microwaves (PSSC, 1961)

50 Reflection Index

51 Slinky (EBEC, 1961)

52 Wave Machine (PSSC, 1959)

53 Water - Plane Surfaces (EBEC, 1976; PSSC, 1961)

54 Water - Curved Surfaces (PSSC, 1961)

55 Sound (PSSC, 1961)

56 Radio (PSSC, 1959; EBEC, 1961)

57 Light - Plane Surfaces (PSSC, 1959; EBEC, 1976)

58 Light - Curved Surfaces (EBEC, 1961, 1971, 1976)

60 Refraction Index

61 Car on Carpet (EBEC, 1976)

62 Water (PSSC, 1961)

63 Sound (PSSC, 1961)

64 Light - Pencil (EBEC, 1971, 1976)

65 Light - Aquarium (PSSC, 1959)

66 Light - Swimming Pool (PSSC, 1959)

67 Light - Lenses (EBEC, 1976)

70 Dispersion Index

71 Water Waves (PSSC, 1961)

72 Light (EBEC, 1961, 1971, 1976)

79 Miscellaneous Index

79 Surfing Waves (NA, 1990)

Disc 2/Side D: Waves (II) & Electricity and Magnetism

1 Side Index

2 Physics: Cinema Classics Topics

3 How to use this videodisc

4 Acknowledgements

5 Credits

6 Video Test Frames

10 Interference Index

11 Water Waves - Ripple Tank (PSSC, 1961)

12 Sound Transmission (EBEC, 1972)

13 Grating Reflections of Water and Sound (PSSC, 1961)

14 Light - Single Slit (PP, 1963)

15 Light - Double Slits (PP, 1961; PSSC, 1960)

16 Soap Film (PSSC, 1959)

17 Holography (EBEC, 1972)

20 Diffraction Index

21 Water Waves - Ripple Tank (PSSC, 1961)

22 Water Waves - Bragg Diffraction (NAP, 1950; PSSC, 1961)

23 Sound (PSSC, 1961)

24 Light - Eye of a Needle (PSSC, 1959)

25 Bragg Diffraction Equation (NAP, 1950)

30 Color, Scattering, Polarization Index

31 Colors - Red, Green, and Blue (EBEC, 1961)

32 Color - Reflection and Absorption (EBEC, 1961, 1974)

33 Color - Spectral Analysis (EBEC, 1961; PP, 1963)

34 Scattering - Light (PSSC, 1959)

35 Polarization - Radio (PSSC, 1960)

36 Polarization - Microwaves (PSSC, 1960)

37 Polarization - Light (PSSC, 1960)

40 Electrostatics Index

41 Demonstrations (EBEC, 1961, 1964; PSSC, 1959)

42 Induction (Ealing, 1967)

43 Electric Lines of Force (PSSC, 1959)

44 Van de Graaff Generator (Ealing, 1967; EBEC, 1961)

45 Faraday Ice Pail Experiment (Ealing, 1967)

46 Coulomb's Law (PSSC, 1959, 1961)

50 Electric Currents Index

51 Simple Electrical Cells (EBEC, 1964)

52 Electroplating (EBEC, 1961, 1974)

53 A Simple Circuit (EBEC, 1961)

54 Conductors and Insulators (EBEC, 1974)

55 Automobile Electrical Circuits (EBEC, 1961)

56 The Water Analogy (EBEC, 1961) 71

60 Magnetism and Magnetic Fields Index

61 Magnets in Old Time Movies (EBEC, 1975)

62 Picking Up Tacks (EBEC, 1961)

63 Breaking a Magnetized Needle (EBEC, 1975)

64 Iron Filings (EBEC, 1961, 1975)

65 Magnets on an Incline (EBEC, 1961, 1975)

66 Magnetic Rings (EBEC, 1961)

67 Colliding Magnets (PSSC, 1959; EBEC, 1961)

68 Magnetic Media (EBEC, 1975)

69 Permanent Magnets Explained (EBEC, 1975)

70 Electromagnetism Index

71 Magnets and Wires (EBEC, 1964, 1974, 1975)

72 Electromagnetic Induction (EBEC, 1964, 1974, 1975)

73 Electromagnets (EBEC, 1964, 1974, 1975; NA, 1990)

74 How Motors and Generators Work (EBEC, 1964)

75 Magnetic Effects on Electron Beams (PSSC, 1959)

76 Field as a Vector (Ealing, 1969)

77 Magnetic Field of a Coil (Ealing, 1969)

78 Magnetic Force on a Conductor (Ealing, 1969)

79 Electrons in a Magnetic Field (PSSC, 1959)

Disc 3/Side E: Conservation Laws

1 Side Index

2 Physics: Cinema Classics Topics

3 How to use this videodisc

4 Acknowledgements

5 Credits

6 Video Test Frames

10 Work and Energy Index

11 Work and Machines (EBEC, 1982)

12 Nails into Wood (PP, 1968)

13 Pole Vault (PP, 1968)

14 Work and Kinetic Energy (PSSC, 1959)

15 Pile Driver (PP, 1968)

16 Automobile Smasher (EBEC, 1961)

20 Energy Conservation Index

21 Swinging Bowling Ball (EBEC, 1961)

22 Flying Acrobats (EBEC, 1961)

23 Water Wheel (EBEC, 1961)

24 Roller Coaster (NA, 1990)

25 Skateboarding (NA, 1990)

26 Rube Goldberg Device (PSSC, 1959)

27 Carnival Ride (PSSC, 1959)

30 Linear Momentum Index

31 Recoil of a Cannon (PP, 1968)

32 Momentum of a Rifle Bullet (PP, 1968)

33 Air Table Pucks - Center of Mass (Ealing, 1968)

34 Dry Ice Pucks - Defining Center of Mass (PSSC, 1966)

35 Repulsive Dry Ice Pucks (PSSC, 1966)

40 Elastic Collisions Index

41 Pendulum Collisions - One Dimensional Elastic (PP, 1968)

42 Pendulum Collisions - Two Dimensional Elastic (PP, 1968)

43 Air Table - Elastic Collisions (Ealing, 1968)

44 Collisions Between Magnetic Dry Ice Pucks (PSSC, 1966)

45 Scattering of a Cluster of Objects (PP, 1968)

50 Inelastic Collisions Index

51 Pendulum Collisions - One Dimensional Inelastic (PP, 1968)

52 Pendulum Collisions - Two Dimensional Inelastic (PP, 1968)

53 Air Table - Inelastic Collisions (Ealing, 1968)

54 Putty Dry Ice Pucks (PSSC, 1966)

55 Air Track - Inelastic Collisions (Ealing, 1965)

60 Collisions Index

61 Automobiles (PSSC, 1961)

62 Baseball and Bat (PSSC, 1961)

63 Billiard Balls (PP, 1968)

64 Football Drills (PSSC, 1959)

65 Freight Cars (PP, 1968)

66 Spheres and Magnets (EBEC, 1961)

67 Tennis (PSSC, 1959)

68 Wrecking Ball (PSSC, 1959)

Disc 3/Side F: Angular Momentum and Modern Physics

1 Side Index

2 Physics: Cinema Classics Topics

3 How to use this videodisc

4 Acknowledgements

5 Credits

6 Video Test Frames

10 Angular Momentum Index

11 A Spinning Bicycle Wheel (PSSC, 1962)

12 Double Spinning Bicycle Wheels (PSSC, 1962)

13 Angular Momentum Vectors (PSSC, 1962)

14 Torque on a Gyroscope (PSSC, 1962)

15 Torques on a Bicycle Wheel (PSSC, 1962)

16 Mystery Sphere (PSSC, 1962)

17 Bicycle Wheel Puzzle (PSSC, 1962)

18 Merry-Go-Round (VA, 1989)

20 Atoms, Molecules and Models Index

21 Electrolysis of Water (PSSC, 1960; EBEC, 1982)

22 Electrochemical Cell (EBEC, 1982)

23 Atomic Motion: A Microscopic View (PSSC, 1961)

24 Thomson Model of the Atom (PP, 1968)

25 The Rutherford Atom: The Experiment (PSSC, 1961)

26 The Rutherford Atom: Classical Analogies (PSSC, 1961)

27 The Rutherford Atom: Computer Simulation (PP, 1968)

28 Bohr Model of the Atom (EBEC, 1961, 1975)

29 Brownian Motion (EBEC, 1982)

30 Photons and X-rays Index

31 Photoemission by Sunlight (PSSC, 1961)

32 Photoemission by Light from a Carbon Arc Lamp (PSSC, 1961)

33 Photoelectric Experiment (PSSC, 1961)

34 Production of X-rays (NAP, 1950)

40 Electrons Index

41 Properties of Electrons (EBEC, 1961, 1970)

42 The Cathode Ray Oscilloscope (EBEC, 1970)

43 Millikan Experiment (PSSC, 1959)

50 Particles and Waves Index

51 Comparing Particles and Waves (PSSC, 1961)

52 Electron Diffraction (PSSC, 1961)

53 Davisson-Germer Experiment: First Detection of Matter Waves (PSSC, 1961)

54 G.P. Thomson's Experiment: Early Detection of Matter Waves (PSSC, 1961)

55 Wave Model of the Atom (PP, 1968; EBEC, 1971)

60 Nuclear Physics Index

61 Radioactive Decay (EBEC, 1975)

62 Cloud Chamber (PSSC, 1959, 1961; EBEC, 1975)

63 Discovery of the Neutron: A Mechanical Analogy (PP, 1968)

64 Fission (EBEC, 1975)

65 The Bomb (PSSC, 1959; EBEC, 1975)

66 A Nuclear Reactor (EBEC, 1975) 105

70 Condensed Matter Index

71 Crystal Lattices (NAP, 1950)

72 X-ray Diffraction (NAP, 1950)

73 Crystal Models (NAP, 1950)

Source Code:
Ealing - Ealing Films
EBEC - Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp.
NA - Newton's Apple television series
PF - Phoenix Films and Video, Inc.
PP - Project Physics films
PSSC - Physical Science Study Committee films
VA - Visual Almanac, Apple Computer, Inc.
NAP - North American Philips Corporation
ESS - Elementary Science Study films
MH - McGraw-Hill, Inc.