Laserdisks

We have two collections of old film loops on laserdisk. The first, on one disk, is the Miller Collection - Physics single-concept films. The second, on three disks, is the set of Physics : Cinema Classics. Some of these are excellent, are experimental measurements could even be done from the video screen; others are a little too brief to be all that useful. The films should always be viewed in advance to see whether they fit the bill.

Both collections come with a guide describing each film. The guide for the Miller collection is printed, while the guide for the Physics : Cinema Classics is on CD-ROM. Both guides are available in the demo room.

The Miller Collection - Physics single-concept films

The short films in the Miller collection start with a classic, and are split into three units:

Unit 1 : Mechanics (I)

Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse.
Inertial forces - translational acceleration
Inertial forces - centripetal acceleration
The Wilberforce pendulum
Measurement of G - the Cavendish experiment.
Coupled oscillators - equal masses
Coupled oscillators - unequal masses

Unit 2 : Waves

Nonrecurrent wavefronts
Diffraction - single slit
Diffraction - double slit
Resolving power
Michelson interferometer
Temperature waves

Unit 3 : Molecular, Atomic and Nuclear Physics

Critical temperature
Ferromagnetic domain wall motion
Paramagnetism of liquid oxygen
Absorption spectra
Radioactive decay
Scintillation spectrometry

Physics : Cinema Classics

Side A: Mechanics

ORIGIN CODES:
Ealing Ealing Films
EBEC Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp.
ESS Elementary Science Study films
MH McGraw-Hill, Inc.

10 Time and Place

11 Measuring Short Distances (PSSC, 1959) 5
12 High-Speed Photography (PSSC, 1958) 6
13 Drops and Splashes (Ealing, 1969) 6
14 Bullet and Egg (VA, 1989) 6
15 Relative Position: Who's Upside Down? (PSSC, 1960) 6
16 Relative Motion: Who's Moving? (PSSC, 1960) 6
17 Relative Motion: Carts on a Table (PP, 1968) 6

20 Uniform Motion

21 Dry Ice Puck (PSSC, 1959) 7
22 Air Table Puck and Automobile (Ealing, 1969) 8

30 Accelerated Motion

31 Air Track Glider (Ealing, 1965) 9
32 Dry Ice Puck (PSSC, 1960) 9
33 Air Table Puck and Motorcycle (Ealing, 1969) 9
34 An Accelerating Automobile (PSSC, 1960) 10
35 An Automobile Trip (PSSC, 1960) 10
36 Analyzing a Hurdle Race (PP, 1968) 10
37 Motion in an Accelerating Frame (PSSC, 1960) 11

40 Free Fall

41 Free Fall Ride (VA, 1989) 11
42 Falling Bowling Ball-1 (PP, 1968) 11
43 Falling Bowling Ball-2 (PP, 1969) 11
44 Falling 'Down Under' in Australia (EBEC, 1970) 12
45 Falling Scale Model Bridge (PSSC, 1959) 12
46 Falling Ball (PSSC, 1959) 12
47 Falling Ball on Moving Cart (PSSC, 1960) 12
48 Ball Falling from Ship Mast (PP, 1968) 13

50 Vectors

51 Adding Collinear Velocities (PSSC, 1960) 14
52 Dry Ice Puck (PSSC, 1959) 14
53 Cart Trip (Ealing, 1967) 14
54 Boat and River (PP, 1959) 14

60 Forces

61 Tug of War (EBEC, 1970) 15
62 Ice Skater (PSSC, 1959) 15
63 Deflecting Forces (PSSC, 1960) 15
64 Strength-to-Weight (PSSC, 1959) 15

70 Newton's Laws

71 Newton's First Law: Air Track (Ealing, 1965) 16
72 Table Cloth (VA, 1989) 16
73 One Force - Two Forces (PSSC, 1959) 16
74 One Mass - Two Masses (PSSC, 1959) 17
75 Newton's Second Law: Air Track (Ealing, 1965) 17
76 Up and Down in an Elevator (PF, 1963) 17
77 Newton's Third Law: Air Track (Ealing, 1965) 18
78 Fire Extinguisher (NA, 1990) 18

Side B: Mechanics (II) and Heat

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

10 Projectile Motion

11 Vertical and Horizontal Motion (PSSC, 1961) 19
12 Horizontal Ballistics (PSSC, 1961) 19
13 Ballistics (PSSC, 1961) 19
14 Ping Pong Ball Model (PSSC, 1960) 19
15 Air Table and Shotputter (Ealing, 1968) 20
16 Airplane and Flare (PP, 1968) 20
17 Snowmobile and Flare (PP, 1968) 21

20 Circular Motion

21 Vectors (PSSC, 1960) 21
22 Dry Ice Puck (PSSC, 1960) 21
23 Hammer Throw (EBEC, 1970) 21
24 Ball and Merry-Go-Round (VA, 1989) 22
25 Loop-the-Loop (VA, 1989) 22
26 Acceleration of Air Table Puck and Automobile (Ealing, 1969) 22
27 Forces on Air Table Puck and Model Airplane (Ealing, 1969) 23
28 Carnival Ride (PF, 1963) 23
29 Dry Ice Puck on Turntable (PSSC, 1960) 24

30 Periodic Motion

31 Large Pendulums (PSSC, 1958) 24
32 Glider on Curved Air Track (Ealing, 1965) 24
33 Sand Pendulums (ESS, 1963) 25
34 People on Swings (PSSC, 1960; EBEC, 1970; VA, 1989) 26
35 Ball on Spring (PSSC, 1960) 27
36 Pucks on an Air Table (Ealing, 1968) 27
37 Simple Harmonic Motion (PSSC, 1960) 27

40 Planetary Motion

41 Solar System Model (VA, 1989) 28
42 Retrograde Motion (PP, 1968) 29
43 Phases of the Moon (VA, 1989) 29
44 Tilt of the Earth (VA, 1989) 30
45 A Moon of Jupiter (PP, 1968) 30
46 Foucault Pendulum (PSSC, 1960) 30
47 Cavendish Experiment (PSSC, 1960; Ealing, 1968) 30

50 Heat and Temperature

51 Friction (EBEC, 1974) 32
52 Transfer of Heat (EBEC, 1974) 32
53 Thermal Expansion (EBEC, 1968) 32

60 Gas Laws

61 Boyle's Law (PSSC, 1962; Ealing, 1967) 33
62 Charles' Law (PSSC, 1962) 34
63 Pressure and Temperature (PSSC, 1959) 34

Side C: Waves (I)

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

10 Wave Propagation

11 Wave Vocabulary (EBEC, 1961, 1974) 35
12 Energy Transfer (EBEC, 1961) 35
13 Various Media (PSSC, 1959) 36
14 Wave Machine (PSSC, 1959) 36
15 Longitudinal - Slinky (EBEC, 1974) 37
16 Sound (EBEC, 1961, 1974) 37
17 Ultrasound (EBEC, 1974) 37
18 Light (EBEC, 1961; PSSC, 1959) 38
19 Speed of Light (PSSC, 1959) 38

20 Periodic Waves

21 Ripple Tank (PSSC, 1961) 40
22 Sound (EBEC, 1970, 1974) 40
23 Electromagnetic Spectrum (EBEC, 1973) 40
24 Electric Power Line (PSSC, 1958) 41
25 Radio (EBEC, 1961) 41
26 Sound and Light (PSSC, 1961) 41
27 Doppler Effect - Trains and Automobiles (NA, 1990; MH, 1952) 41
28 Doppler Effect and Shock Waves - Ripple Tank (PSSC, 1961) 41
29 Doppler Effect Equations (MH, 1952) 42

30 Superposition

31 Computer Animation (EBEC, 1971) 44
32 Slinky (EBEC, 1971) 44
33 Radio (PSSC, 1961) 44
34 Microwaves (PSSC, 1961) 45
35 Lasers (EBEC, 1973) 45

40 Standing Waves

41 Wires (PP, 1968) 46
42 Wave Machine (EBEC, 1971; PSSC, 1961) 46
43 Slinky (EBEC, 1971) 46
44 Soap Film (EBEC, 1971) 47
45 Drum (PP, 1968) 47
46 Sound with an Oscilloscope (EBEC, 1972) 47
47 Sound with an Audiometer (PSSC, 1961) 47
48 Resonance - Sound (EBEC, 1961) 48
49 Microwaves (PSSC, 1961) 49

50 Reflection

51 Slinky (EBEC, 1961) 49
52 Wave Machine (PSSC, 1959) 49
53 Water - Plane Surfaces (EBEC, 1976; PSSC, 1961) 50
54 Water - Curved Surfaces (PSSC, 1961) 50
55 Sound (PSSC, 1961) 51
56 Radio (PSSC, 1959; EBEC, 1961) 51
57 Light - Plane Surfaces (PSSC, 1959; EBEC, 1976) 52
58 Light - Curved Surfaces (EBEC, 1961, 1971, 1976) 52

60 Refraction

61 Car on Carpet (EBEC, 1976) 53
62 Water (PSSC, 1961) 53
63 Sound (PSSC, 1961) 54
64 Light - Pencil (EBEC, 1971, 1976) 54
65 Light - Aquarium (PSSC, 1959) 55
66 Light - Swimming Pool (PSSC, 1959) 55
67 Light - Lenses (EBEC, 1976) 56

70 Dispersion

71 Water Waves (PSSC, 1961) 57
72 Light (EBEC, 1961, 1971, 1976) 57

79 Miscellaneous

79 Surfing Waves (NA, 1990) 58

Side D: Waves (II) & Electricity and Magnetism

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

10 Interference

11 Water Waves - Ripple Tank (PSSC, 1961) 59
12 Sound Transmission (EBEC, 1972) 59
13 Grating Reflections of Water and Sound (PSSC, 1961) 59
14 Light - Single Slit (PP, 1963) 60
15 Light - Double Slits (PP, 1961; PSSC, 1960) 60
16 Soap Film (PSSC, 1959) 61
17 Holography (EBEC, 1972) 61

20 Diffraction

21 Water Waves - Ripple Tank (PSSC, 1961) 61
22 Water Waves - Bragg Diffraction (NAP, 1950; PSSC, 1961) 62
23 Sound (PSSC, 1961) 63
24 Light - Eye of a Needle (PSSC, 1959) 63
25 Bragg Diffraction Equation (NAP, 1950) 63

30 Color, Scattering, Polarization

31 Colors - Red, Green, and Blue (EBEC, 1961) 64
32 Color - Reflection and Absorption (EBEC, 1961, 1974) 64
33 Color - Spectral Analysis (EBEC, 1961; PP, 1963) 64
34 Scattering - Light (PSSC, 1959) 65
35 Polarization - Radio (PSSC, 1960) 65
36 Polarization - Microwaves (PSSC, 1960) 65
37 Polarization - Light (PSSC, 1960) 65

40 Electrostatics

41 Demonstrations (EBEC, 1961, 1964; PSSC, 1959) 66
42 Induction (Ealing, 1967) 66
43 Electric Lines of Force (PSSC, 1959) 67
44 Van de Graaff Generator (Ealing, 1967; EBEC, 1961) 67
45 Faraday Ice Pail Experiment (Ealing, 1967) 68
46 Coulomb's Law (PSSC, 1959, 1961) 68

50 Electric Currents

51 Simple Electrical Cells (EBEC, 1964) 69
52 Electroplating (EBEC, 1961, 1974) 69
53 A Simple Circuit (EBEC, 1961) 70
54 Conductors and Insulators (EBEC, 1974) 70
55 Automobile Electrical Circuits (EBEC, 1961) 70
56 The Water Analogy (EBEC, 1961) 71

60 Magnetism and Magnetic Fields

61 Magnets in Old Time Movies (EBEC, 1975) 71
62 Picking Up Tacks (EBEC, 1961) 71
63 Breaking a Magnetized Needle (EBEC, 1975) 71
64 Iron Filings (EBEC, 1961, 1975) 72
65 Magnets on an Incline (EBEC, 1961, 1975) 72
66 Magnetic Rings (EBEC, 1961) 73
67 Colliding Magnets (PSSC, 1959; EBEC, 1961) 73
68 Magnetic Media (EBEC, 1975) 73
69 Permanent Magnets Explained (EBEC, 1975) 73

70 Electromagnetism

71 Magnets and Wires (EBEC, 1964, 1974, 1975) 74
72 Electromagnetic Induction (EBEC, 1964, 1974, 1975) 74
73 Electromagnets (EBEC, 1964, 1974, 1975; NA, 1990) 75
74 How Motors and Generators Work (EBEC, 1964) 75
75 Magnetic Effects on Electron Beams (PSSC, 1959) 75
76 Field as a Vector (Ealing, 1969) 76
77 Magnetic Field of a Coil (Ealing, 1969) 76
78 Magnetic Force on a Conductor (Ealing, 1969) 77
79 Electrons in a Magnetic Field (PSSC, 1959) 77

Side E: Conservation Laws

10 Work and Energy

11 Work and Machines (EBEC, 1982) 79
12 Nails into Wood (PP, 1968) 79
13 Pole Vault (PP, 1968) 80
14 Work and Kinetic Energy (PSSC, 1959) 80
15 Pile Driver (PP, 1968) 80
16 Automobile Smasher (EBEC, 1961) 80

20 Energy Conservation

21 Swinging Bowling Ball (EBEC, 1961) 81
22 Flying Acrobats (EBEC, 1961) 81
23 Water Wheel (EBEC, 1961) 81
24 Roller Coaster (NA, 1990) 81
25 Skateboarding (NA, 1990) 81
26 Rube Goldberg Device (PSSC, 1959) 81
27 Carnival Ride (PSSC, 1959) 81

30 Linear Momentum

31 Recoil of a Cannon (PP, 1968) 82
32 Momentum of a Rifle Bullet (PP, 1968) 82
33 Air Table Pucks - Center of Mass (Ealing, 1968) 82
34 Dry Ice Pucks - Defining Center of Mass (PSSC, 1966) 83
35 Repulsive Dry Ice Pucks (PSSC, 1966) 83

40 Elastic Collisions

41 Pendulum Collisions - One Dimensional Elastic (PP, 1968) 84
42 Pendulum Collisions - Two Dimensional Elastic (PP, 1968) 84
43 Air Table - Elastic Collisions (Ealing, 1968) 84
44 Collisions Between Magnetic Dry Ice Pucks (PSSC, 1966) 84
45 Scattering of a Cluster of Objects (PP, 1968) 85

50 Inelastic Collisions

51 Pendulum Collisions - One Dimensional Inelastic (PP, 1968) 85
52 Pendulum Collisions - Two Dimensional Inelastic (PP, 1968) 85
53 Air Table - Inelastic Collisions (Ealing, 1968) 85
54 Putty Dry Ice Pucks (PSSC, 1966) 86
55 Air Track - Inelastic Collisions (Ealing, 1965) 86

60 Collisions

61 Automobiles (PSSC, 1961) 86
62 Baseball and Bat (PSSC, 1961) 86
63 Billiard Balls (PP, 1968) 86
64 Football Drills (PSSC, 1959) 87
65 Freight Cars (PP, 1968) 87
66 Spheres and Magnets (EBEC, 1961) 87
67 Tennis (PSSC, 1959) 87
68 Wrecking Ball (PSSC, 1959) 87

Side F: Angular Momentum and Modern Physics

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

10 Angular Momentum

11 A Spinning Bicycle Wheel (PSSC, 1962) 89
12 Double Spinning Bicycle Wheels (PSSC, 1962) 89
13 Angular Momentum Vectors (PSSC, 1962) 89
14 Torque on a Gyroscope (PSSC, 1962) 90
15 Torques on a Bicycle Wheel (PSSC, 1962) 90
16 Mystery Sphere (PSSC, 1962) 91
17 Bicycle Wheel Puzzle (PSSC, 1962) 91
18 Merry-Go-Round (VA, 1989) 91

20 Atoms, Molecules and Models

21 Electrolysis of Water (PSSC, 1960; EBEC, 1982) 92
22 Electrochemical Cell (EBEC, 1982) 92
23 Atomic Motion: A Microscopic View (PSSC, 1961) 92
24 Thomson Model of the Atom (PP, 1968) 93
25 The Rutherford Atom: The Experiment (PSSC, 1961) 93
26 The Rutherford Atom: Classical Analogies (PSSC, 1961) 94
27 The Rutherford Atom: Computer Simulation (PP, 1968) 94
28 Bohr Model of the Atom (EBEC, 1961, 1975) 94
29 Brownian Motion (EBEC, 1982) 95

30 Photons and X-rays

31 Photoemission by Sunlight (PSSC, 1961) 96
32 Photoemission by Light from a Carbon Arc Lamp (PSSC, 1961) 96
33 Photoelectric Experiment (PSSC, 1961) 96
34 Production of X-rays (NAP, 1950) 98

40 Electrons

41 Properties of Electrons (EBEC, 1961, 1970) 98
42 The Cathode Ray Oscilloscope (EBEC, 1970) 98
43 Millikan Experiment (PSSC, 1959) 99

50 Particles and Waves

51 Comparing Particles and Waves (PSSC, 1961) 101
52 Electron Diffraction (PSSC, 1961) 101
53 Davisson-Germer Experiment: First Detection of Matter Waves (PSSC, 1961)102
54 G.P. Thomson's Experiment: Early Detection of Matter Waves (PSSC, 1961)103
55 Wave Model of the Atom (PP, 1968; EBEC, 1971) 103

60 Nuclear Physics

61 Radioactive Decay (EBEC, 1975) 104
62 Cloud Chamber (PSSC, 1959, 1961; EBEC, 1975) 104
63 Discovery of the Neutron: A Mechanical Analogy (PP, 1968) 104
64 Fission (EBEC, 1975) 104
65 The Bomb (PSSC, 1959; EBEC, 1975) 105
66 A Nuclear Reactor (EBEC, 1975) 105

70 Condensed Matter

71 Crystal Lattices (NAP, 1950) 105
72 X-ray Diffraction (NAP, 1950) 106
73 Crystal Models (NAP, 1950) 107