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Topic: School memories: super 8 didactic films in the classroom
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Nick Vermeirsch
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 110
From: West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2014
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posted September 05, 2014 06:59 AM
Hello to all
Some weeks ago, I got from Palermo in Italy a rare stack of super 8 films originative from a high school in the area there. I was told that they contained scientific didactic subjects (mathematics, biology, electricity, chemicals and physics) and that these super 8 films were especially made for use in schools. As I am studying sciences, being super 8 lover and always been fan of vintage school materials, I wanted these films for sure (not knowing what the specific content was or how the film would look like). And so, here they are!
Quite rare stuff on super 8 I think from which I never knew they existed. The films are each 120 meters, in super 8 color and clear Italian sound (image quality of some are really good and like new, other are turned to the red). Each film is in its original box and begins with the countdown, the distributor (STUDIO 2000), the subject and the names of the people who were involved in the realisation (all Italian). The subjects are:
- Induzione elettromagnetica (electromagnetic induction)(1976)
- Fotosintesi (photosynthesis) (1975)
- Legge di Coulomb (Coulomb forces) (1976)
- Strumenti ottici (optical instruments) (1975)
- Acidi, basi e sali (acids, bases and salts) (1975)
- Metodi Misurazione (methods of measurement) (1975)
- Le leggi dei gas (the gas laws) (1975)
The dates are the dates that are written on the front of the boxes ("grasso e di toma" - I don't know of this is a company or what, I had never seen this boxes before).
In each film, they show experiments, formulas to understand the principles, examples from the real life and a man's voice is explaining to the students.
Just wanted to share the existence of these films with you, I can understand that not everybody would like to show these films on a film night ![[Razz]](tongue.gif) For many persons this would be a nice manner to fall asleep between the screen and the projector ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
Does anyone know something more about this type of films, the "Studio 2000" or the "grasso e di toma" ? If there are other didactic films on super 8 existing or if you remember super 8 in your schooltime, please let me know! As I have always been nostalgic to school materials, now discovered it also exists on super 8!
Greets
Nick
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