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Telenews covers three features: “Atomic Age Gets Mechanical Hands,” “Swimming – New Aquatic Star – At Eleven Months,” and “Sports We Seldom See.”
Credits
Frank Koza (filmmaker); Hugh James (narrator); Newton Meltzer (actor)
Complete catalog record
Date: circa 1948
Cfa collection: Frank Koza Collection
Notes: In the film’s opening feature, “Atomic Age Gets Mechanical Hands,” General Electric Company inventor John Payne demonstrates his recently devised mechanical hands that operate by hand and foot controls to perform delicate operations in the atomic laboratory. In the following feature, “Swimming – New Aquatic Star – At Eleven Months,” Los Angeles resident Sherry Lynn Whitford demonstrates the ability to dog paddle across a swimming pool at just 11-months old. The film concludes with “Sports We Seldom See,” wherein Rutgers and City College of New York open the lacrosse season at CCNY’s Lewison Stadium.
Distributed by: Telenews (Firm)
Subjects: Inventions; Laboratories; Nuclear energy; Swimming; Athletes; Sports
Places: North America > United States > New York > New York; North America > United States > California > Los Angeles
Cfa elements: Print, 174 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/34460
Cfa collection: Frank Koza Collection
Notes: In the film’s opening feature, “Atomic Age Gets Mechanical Hands,” General Electric Company inventor John Payne demonstrates his recently devised mechanical hands that operate by hand and foot controls to perform delicate operations in the atomic laboratory. In the following feature, “Swimming – New Aquatic Star – At Eleven Months,” Los Angeles resident Sherry Lynn Whitford demonstrates the ability to dog paddle across a swimming pool at just 11-months old. The film concludes with “Sports We Seldom See,” wherein Rutgers and City College of New York open the lacrosse season at CCNY’s Lewison Stadium.
Distributed by: Telenews (Firm)
Subjects: Inventions; Laboratories; Nuclear energy; Swimming; Athletes; Sports
Places: North America > United States > New York > New York; North America > United States > California > Los Angeles
Cfa elements: Print, 174 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/34460
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:15