STORY OF CHARLES GOODYEAR

Series: Fools who made history series

Duration: 10½ min

Creator: Teaching Film Custodians, Inc

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: A Columbia production. Available only to schools. "A dramatization of Charles Goodyear's struggle to make India rubber usable for commercial purposes. Concluding scenes show Daniel Webster defending in a court of law Goodyear's claim to the patents." "The picture contains sufficient material dealing with Goodyear's research and experiments to make it interesting for courses in junior and senior high school science. Recommended also for social science groups concerned with the history of inventions and the relation of inventions to world progress." Advisory committee. "'Drinking scenes make it undesirable for school distribution. Character portrayal poor. Lots of irrelevant material. Good commentator.' 'Above statement isn't true. All these short biographies are excellent. This is a very popular scene.'" Collaborator

Complete Record: Series: Fools who made history series Dewey number: 678 Audience level: jh-sh-c-adult Format/cost: 16-sd-apply TFC Distributors / rental: American Museum of Natural History $1.50; University System of Georgia, Division of General Extension $2; Indiana University $1.25; University of Michigan $1.50; University of Minnesota $1; University of Oklahoma; University of Tennessee $2

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946