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Lightening created at General Electric lab in 1931

Title cards: "5,000,000 volts of man made lightning leap through space! Scientists at General Electric laboratories in Pittsfield, Mass. stage spectacular demonstration" and "Editor's note: In the last ten years lightning has destroyed property valued at a billion and a half dollars and killed almost 150,000 persons in the United States. These dangerous tests are being conducted to study the future control of lightning by man" / An array of resistors in a closed room and dramatic bursts of 'lightning' / Title card: "Tests show terrific power on thundering bolts" / VS shots of things being struck by lightning, including glass water jugs / A model of a 'gas company' storage tank with three lightning rods around it; the rods deflect the lightning "strike" / same container, without rods in place, explodes / photo of the Empire State Building (shaky shot) as VO voice explains how it is protected from lightning / Note: exact day not known; film has nitrate deterioration; exact day not known
Title cards: "5,000,000 volts of man made lightning leap through space! Scientists at General Electric laboratories in Pittsfield, Mass. stage spectacular demonstration" and "Editor's note: In the last ten years lightning has destroyed property valued at a billion and a half dollars and killed almost 150,000 persons in the United States. These dangerous tests are being conducted to study the future control of lightning by man" / An array of resistors in a closed room and dramatic bursts of 'lightning' / Title card: "Tests show terrific power on thundering bolts" / VS shots of things being struck by lightning, including glass water jugs / A model of a 'gas company' storage tank with three lightning rods around it; the rods deflect the lightning "strike" / same container, without rods in place, explodes / photo of the Empire State Building (shaky shot) as VO voice explains how it is protected from lightning / Note: exact day not known; film has nitrate deterioration; exact day not known
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Credit:
Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels
Editorial #:
1149248760
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
June 01, 1931
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
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Clip length:
00:02:00:02
Location:
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr003837_02_01.mov