16 mm Films

Frames of Reference [*****;M;1], Sound, B&W, 28 min
Patterson Hume and Donald Ivey, University of Toronto
A classic-should be shown in every 100 level mechanics course (we have a videotape copy of this film)
Universal Gravitation, Sound, B&W. 31 min
Patterson Hume and Donald Ivey, University of Toronto
Electromagnetic Waves [***;EM,W;1], Sound, B&W, 33 min
George Wolga, MIT
Demonstrations of double slit patterns for x-rays, visible light, microwaves and radio waves (140 MHz), polarization for the last three. Uses very dated looking equipment. Print condition is not superb.
A Magnet Laboratory, Sound, B&W, 21 min
Francis Bitter, MIT
Liquid Helium II - The Super Fluid, Sound, B&W, 40 min
Alfred Leitner, Michigan State University
booklet containing script and explanatory notes available
Superconductivity, Sound, B&W, 50 min
Irreversibility and Fluctuations, Silent, B&W, 8 min

The following are short silent films. All are also available either as film loops or on videodisc.

Radioactive Decay (sheet of notes)(colour)
Measurement of G - the Cavendish Experiment (colour)
Inertial Forces - Translational Acceleration (notes) (colour)
Inertial Forces - Centripetal Acceleration (notes) (colour)
Non-Recurrent Wave Fronts (B&W)
Single Slit (colour)
Double Slit (colour)
Resolving Power - Apertures (notes) (colour)
Michelson Interferometer (notes) (colour)
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse (notes) (colour)
Paramagnetism in Liquid Oxygen (colour)
Ferromagnetic Domain Wall Motion (colour)

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