GALILEO

Duration: 13½min

Year Published: 1959

Format: 16mm

Color: Color & B&W

Sound: Sound

Description: Recreates Galileo's struggle for the right of science to question tradition. Shows how he disproves earlier theory of Aristotle by demonstrating his laws of falling bodies, how he verified the astronomical theories of Copernicus and how he continued to make new discoveries in the realm of physical science.

Complete Record: Source: Coronet Interest level: jh-sh Guide: Guide Price: b&w $75, color $137.50 Format: sd b&w or color

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)