STORY OF CHARLES GOODYEAR
Sign in to track this film in your collection or want list.
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 catalog 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
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
More in Fools who made history series
- HOWE, ELIAS
- STORY OF CHARLES GOODYEAR
Sources
- Educational Film Guide 1946 — title, creator, length, format, sound, description, catalog record
Record added 2026-07-02 14:42:47