Record

RefNoAV/3/5
AltRefNoAV F.5
Previous numbersLSA/1812
3 - ARF1229
LevelItem
TitleFilm 'Strains and tears in polarised light', A V Blom
Datec.1939
DescriptionFilm depicting the results of an experiment, showing strains and tears in polarised light. Polarised light is used to show the strains arising when tears and ruptures begin and spread in films made of large organic molecules.

Presented to the President of the Royal Society by Dr AV Blom of Zurich in 1949.

Black and white, no sound.
16mm film.
Film stock: Kodak - 1938 / Kodachrome oo 1939 / Agfa
Film length: 300 feet.
Extent1 reel
FormatCinematographic film
PhysicalDescription16 mm
AccessStatusOpen
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