Pirro and The Magnet (1948, sound)

Description:

Description: Description of science and the properties of magnetism featuring Pirro, a clown marionette.

From the Pirro Series.
no. 5 "The Magnet"

Can: Atlanta Board of Education, Print A, Released in 1948 by Official Films. Ref: ...3/15/67...

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Subjects: 1940s,Science

Tags: education; puppetry; magnetism; electromagnetism; demonstrations; marionettes; clown marionettes; clowns; the end title

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Gateway Productions

Credits: From the Pirro Series. With Pat Patterson. Written and directed by Alvin J. Gordon, Visual Education Consultant, San Francisco State College

Distributor: Official Films

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Prelinger Archives

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date:

Release Date: 1948

Geographical Location: San Francisco, California; USA; California

Genre/Form: educational

Language: eng

Rights: "Copyright MCMXLVIII Gateway Productions, Inc." Not registered for copyright 1940-49.

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: print

Color: b&w

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: sound

Film Soundtrack Type: optical

Edge Code:

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 315

Complete Record: Description: Description of science and the properties of magnetism featuring Pirro, a clown marionette. From the Pirro Series. no. 5 "The Magnet" Can: Atlanta Board of Education, Print A, Released in 1948 by Official Films. Ref: ...3/15/67... Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1940s,Science Tags: education; puppetry; magnetism; electromagnetism; demonstrations; marionettes; clown marionettes; clowns; the end title Film Sponsor: Creator: Gateway Productions Credits: From the Pirro Series. With Pat Patterson. Written and directed by Alvin J. Gordon, Visual Education Consultant, San Francisco State College Distributor: Official Films Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Prelinger Archives Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: Release Date: 1948 Geographical Location: San Francisco, California; USA; California Genre/Form: educational Language: eng Rights: "Copyright MCMXLVIII Gateway Productions, Inc." Not registered for copyright 1940-49. Film Format: 16mm film Element: print Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: sound Film Soundtrack Type: optical Edge Code: Frame Rate: 24 fps Length (feet): 315

Transcription

[Music] there we are oh I'm I'm fixing this this magnet there it's a magnet see it uh now watch I put it up there to hold my tools see just like that well they won't fall no they won't fall because it's a magnet well you've seen the little magnet around haven't you here I'll show you the little magnet see now you look at that for a minute and uh oh I I'll get some paper clips and show you how it it'll pick them up there now watch see how it works there see how it works you don't understand well I have a big magnet and I think that will be easier to see let's go look at the big magnet H all right wait for me wait for me yep there we are all right now I think right down here will be good place to show it to you um will you want to sit over there all right right now need something smooth so I'm going to put down this piece of cardboard now for the magnet there we are big isn't it uhuh oh it no it doesn't look like the little one but it works in the same way now I'll get some odds and ends and show you yeah here they are let's see if we can use any of the things in here oh I think so there's some metal things uh you want to get a little closer all right now let's try uh find something metal here let's try this and what yeah see the magnet pulls it yep see how all right yeah you can try there go ahead nothing to hurt you see see how the magnet holds it yeah well we try we try some more things let's see uh oh try this bolt there we are oh here's a big paper clip watch the magnet pull that see all right now watch here's another bolt see how the magnet holds that all right you can try it pull see how the magnet holds it yeah well T I have a I have a little board that I want to do some sanding on and and you just go ahead and play with the magnet so so I can uh I I can get my sanding done all right whato what's what what's the trouble H oh oh you you broken the magnet oh I don't think you could break the magnet show me show me what you did I don't think you broke what oh it wouldn't pull the pen oh well poo it's not broken a magnet will never pull anything that's made out of wood no now watch watch see it will still pull these metal things yeah it's pulling them because they're made of iron or steel see now you've learned something Piro a magnet will only pull something that is made of iron or steel see these things are iron or steel oh you didn't break the magnet well huh oh no it won't pull a puppet just things that are made of iron or steel now you go ahead I have a little just a little more sanding to do here and then I'll be with you think I need another piece of sandpaper here I'll be done I'll be finished in just a minute getting it pretty smooth F I won't be much longer you're not getting in any trouble are you poo I will be long what what do you want what the magnet caught you oh I don't think no I don't think the magnet caught you you go try it again I have a little more a little more sanding to do there we are what what happened this time the the magnet caught you again oh no no no bu I think you're just making it up here you you try it once more I think you'll find that it didn't it didn't pull you there we are I have just a little more sanding to do I'll be right with you well pero what do you want this time oh BR what are you doing did you hurt yourself well better get up uh or you can't the magnet is holding you oh no here well it is holding you well what will it must be the nails in your shoes well I can't believe it I just can't believe that what are you doing now H will you want to show me something all right oh opo be careful be look at that oh oh oh that's how you reached way over well I can't believe it


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