What about Tomorrow?

Duration: 19

Genre: Educational | Historical

Year Published: 1978

Creator: National Science Foundation

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Looks at basic scientific research, focusing on scientists working in four areas--physics, agriculture, chemistry, and environmental studies. Discusses submarine investigations of seafloor movement and research into earthquake prediction; the use of high-altitude balloons to measure ozone in the stratosphere; how a small fern converts nitrogen from the air into a crop fertilizer; and the use of lasers in medicine and chemical research. Narrated by Dick Cavett. CINE Golden Eagle Award, 1979.

Complete Record: Looks at basic scientific research, focusing on scientists working in four areas--physics, agriculture, chemistry, and environmental studies. Discusses submarine investigations of seafloor movement and research into earthquake prediction; the use of high-altitude balloons to measure ozone in the stratosphere; how a small fern converts nitrogen from the air into a crop fertilizer; and the use of lasers in medicine and chemical research. Narrated by Dick Cavett. CINE Golden Eagle Award, 1979., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.