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Science Screen Report Film and Video Collection

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Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Science History Institute Archives. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
001
Repository:
Science History Institute Archives
Extent:
  • 12 reels (12 reels in original cases)
  • 16 cassettes (1 record box)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Item Description, Box Number, Science Screen Report Film and Video Collection, 1960s-2005, Science History Institute Archives.
Date:
1960s-2005 (inclusive)
Creator:
Science Screen Report
Abstract:
16mm film and VHS video cassettes of the educational science series, Science Screen Report.

Produced by Allegro Productions, Inc, these films and tapes are educational aides intended to be shown in science classrooms for grades 8-12 in the United States school system. The VHS tapes were produced in cooperation with The National Science Teachers Association, The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, and the Junior Engineering Technical Society. The 16mm films were funded by Lockheed Electronics Company, and the VHS tapes were funded by the National Starch and Chemical Council; Exxon Corporation; Waste Management, Inc. (WM); and Johnson & Johnson.

The Science Screen Report Film and Video Collection contains both VHS cassette tapes and 16mm film reels of educational shorts about science topics. While the 16mm films lack additional printed materials, the VHS tapes include printed guidance for teachers in their cases. These printed materials change over the years but can include a list of curriculum units that the film could tie into, prerequisite readings and concepts for different grade levels, and critical thinking exercises that could accompany the video. Note that two of the VHS tapes in Series II are not part of the Science Screen Report series, although they were still produced by the same production company, Allegro Productions: Scientists and the Alaska Oil Spill and The Story of Garbage. Tapes and film reels are between 10 and 25 minutes long.

The collection is arranged into the following two series:

  1. 16mm Films
  2. VHS Cassette Tapes

Selected materials from this collection have been digitized and are available online in our Digital Collections: https://digital.sciencehistory.org/collections/wcqhlbf

Science Screen Report Film and Video Collection were donated to the Science History Institute by William Denton in 2016 after being removed from use at Bridgewater-Raritan High School in New Jersey.

Science Screen Report Film and Video Collection was processed by Sarah Newhouse in July 2024.

The Spinco Historical Collection at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Science History Institute DVD and Video Collection at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Publisher
Science History Institute Archives
Finding Aid Author
Sarah Newhouse
Finding Aid Date
2024
Access Restrictions

Materials in this collection must be digitized in order to view them. To request digitization of a video or film, please contact us at reproductions@sciencehistory.org.

Use Restrictions

Copyright for all items in this collection is held by Allegro Productions, with the exception of Scientists and the Alaska Oil Spill, which is held by ExxonMobil. The researcher assumes full responsibility for all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Collection Inventory

Biology: Crop Genetics Yields Better Harvests (Volume 13, Issue 8), undated.
Reel 1
Biology: Genetic Engineering - Understanding the Nature of Change (Volume 15, Issue 1), undated.
Reel 2
Biology: New Experiments in Aquaculture Aided by Science (Volume 14, Issue 8), undated.
Reel 3
Biology: Scientists Probe to Protect Coral Reefs (Volume 13, Issue 5), undated.
Reel 4
Engineering: High Tech Aircraft Revolutionize Flight (Volume 15, Issue 5), undated.
Reel 5
Engineering: To Capture the Sun (Volume 16, Issue 5), undated.
Reel 6
General Science: Minority Inventors of Science (Volume 16, Issue 6), undated.
Reel 7
Immunology: How the Body Defends Itself (Volume 13, Issue 3), undated.
Reel 8
Medicine: Biomedicine Rebuilds the Human Anatomy (Volume 15, Issue 3), undated.
Reel 9
Physics: New Scientific Breakthroughs from Computer Graphics Technology (Volume 14, Issue 4), undated.
Reel 10
Physics: Photography -- Tool of Scientific Exploration (Volume 13, Issue 6), 1983.
Reel 11
Radiant Energy All Around Us (Volume 16, Issue 3), undated.
Reel 12

Animal Behavior: Animal Self-Awareness (Volume 28, Issue 4), 1998.
Box 1
Astronomy: The Big Bang - The Story of Our Universe (Volume 24, Issue 6), 1994.
Box 1
Chemistry: Ozone Blanket in the Air (Volume 21, Issue 1), 1991.
Box 1
Colonizing Space (Volume 35, Issue 3), 2005.
Box 1
Earth Science: Earth Inside and Out (Volume 28, Issue 6), 1998.
Box 1
Ecology: Science in the Jungle Canopy (Volume 27, Issue 4), 1997.
Box 1
Environment: Laboratory in a Freezer (Volume 28, Issue 7/8), 1998.
Box 1
Meteorology: Lightning - Nature's Fireworks (Volume 26, Issue 1), 1996.
Box 1
Mineralogy: Minerals - Our Precious Resources (Volume 26, Issue 4), 1997.
Box 1
Oceanography: Riches of the Sea (Volume 25, Issue 4), 1996.
Box 1
Physics: Superconductivity for the 21st Century (Volume 24, Issue 4), 1994.
Box 1
The Quest for "Free" Energy (Volume 35, Issue 7/8), 2005.
Box 1
Scientists and the Alaska Oil Spill: The Wildlife, The Cleanup, The Outlook (Exxon Company), 1992.
Box 1
The Story of Garbage, 2002.
Box 1
Technology and Science for a Safer Tomorrow (Volume 29, Issue 5), 1998.
Box 1
Volcanic Prediction (Volume 35, Issue 1), 2005.
Box 1

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