Late 90s in tech school and they used alot of films like this one. One that's stuck in my mind is called shaking hands with danger. It was a little corny to say the least,but the message stuck with me all these years and I still have all my body parts. I'd like to thank that film for this.
The people in those days were not just brilliant enough to build things out of scratch but geniuses at explaining things beautifully & in an interesting manner too! Even with digital SFX & animation, the documentaries of this quality seem to be non - existent today.
@@MeanGeneSanDiego I agree with you. There are some real uneducated dummies out there. I was just trying to give the dude a break. But your point is very well taken and exactly right.
Back in the 1950s, straws were typically made using paper, wrapped (and glued) into a thick tubular shape. (Like a paper-towel roll, but, in plastic-straw size, and thicker than a plastic straw.) Plastic straws did exist, but paper ones worked too, and were cheaper. So, try to find yourself some paper straws maybe, if plastic ones are banned in your country/state (or province)/county/city.
I cant thank enough for all people behind making this video. It is amazing to see these type of videos are made for people to understand the concepts. As someone said, I too love U.S. car market.
My goodness!! That's gem of a lecture. People often say these days that the quality of engineers are degrading. But who will say them that actually our education system sucks....
Anybody else suddenly find themselves back in a dark grade 8 science class listening to the rattle of the film reel while the teacher ducked out for a 10 minute smoke break? Those were such fun and exciting times.
That straw demonstration for a carburetor was amazing. This whole video is amazing. Why can't kids do experiments like this nowadays, with gasoline and candles?!?
Que docente impecable, el vídeo mas didáctico que existe para explicar esto. En una época sin efectos, sin colores, solo imaginación, creatividad, didáctica aplicada y una buena dosis de pedagogía intuitiva. Sigue muy vigente para la Escuela. Saludos desde Montevideo, Uruguay.
As an European, I love his pronounciation, it is easy to understand him and his voice is clear and calm. It is very hard for us to understand the contemporary slang of some americans.
Yay! The videos from the 1900's are honestly the best videos in terms of explaining things in very detailed and interesting ways.. Way to go 1900's! #OneMessageFoundation
What a brilliant explanation it was! Not only was it helpful for the students, but also for the adults. Enjoyable even for the knowledgeable people because of the way experiments were shown. Thanks for posting this gem of a video.
At the beginning I found the man slightly creepy, but the video is actually very cool. Nice experiments. It's great to see kids were trusted to mimic these by themselves.
After watching 5 of these videos, I feel like I’m fit to make my own car... which is 80 years behind the modern car (Really though I love these videos, they’re much more useful than what we learn at school)
School was hardcore back then. The teacher would tell you not to play with the jar of mercury rather than just, you know, not have a friggin' jar of mercury in an elementary school class.
Ah, I often think about the "home experiments" we did as kids. Long, long before helicopter parents. Lots of close calls. Lots of cuts, burns and nosebleeds from chemical fumes. And lots of "spankings" (dads showing their kids friction experiments by using belts and butts). I remember my "little chemist, experiment sets" that contained stuff that would get you arrested and put on no-fly lists today, but back then, when you ran out of something, mom just told you to walk or bike to the nearest "hobby store" or pharmacy, to get more. Remember those cool looking, deep blue cobalt crystals? And how much of a mess they made when burned/dissolved in a toxic soup of randomly mixed, brightly colored other powders and crystals? I remember well, using our teacher's exact recipe to make near perfect black-powder from scratch and using the pencil and match method to light it. On the front patio. I remember vaguely being told, afterwards, that I a) made too much, b) used a pencil that was about 15 feet too short, and c) once the burns heal, and the ass-swelling is gone, I will spend every waking hour cleaning and replacing every burned brick, tile, board and whatever else was in the way. My "excuse" that I only did what the teacher told me to do, basically homework, was met with more "friction experiments"... LOL. BUT: I have to admit that, while at the time I didn't appreciate my parents punishment (and no obvious show if concern for me), I later understood why that was much more effective than "a discussion". Look, I still remember it. The one and ONLY time I set a pile of homemade powder on fire, in an unsafe manner (at home, at least). Funny how that narrator reminded me of my old teachers and this story. And a little sad to see just how much everything has changed in the years since then.
This explains why the inside of a pot doesn’t burn when you boil water but when the water completely evaporated the pot starts to burn. I never paid attention in science class but I don’t remember them teaches us heat transfer through water in school. Learned something new.
notice how science back then was not trying convince you how bad cars are and why we should not use them, instead it was teaching actual science, the science behind how these very useful machines work.
" you must perform this experiment exactly as we have." To "do not try this at home." To "gasoline combustion experiment challenge, sends thousands to the hospital."
God, they was so educational, humble, with that smile with style... God I miss the good old days when they had simple presentation, with smile, everything is well presented even kid can understand... One of the saddest thing here is this guy, he is already dead for a long time... God he was so humble...
