Crystals Go To War (1943, sound)

Description: Film about the manufacture of radio crystals during World War II. Includes footage of quartz crystals and women workers at Reeves Sound Laboratories cutting and testing radio crystals.
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Subjects: 1940s,World War II,Communication,Manufacturing,Industry,Technology
Tags: crystals; rocks; radio; quartz model; milling quartz; crystal wafer electric tests; x-ray machines; women workers; technical machinery; machines; hands working; Reeves Research Labs; quartz crystals; radio communication; crystallographer; cutting crystals; control panels; United States Army Signal Corps; Signal Corps emblem stamp
Film Sponsor: Reeves Sound Laboratories
Creator: Reeves Sound Laboratories, André de la Varre
Credits: Narration by one of the research scientists of the U.S. Army Signal Corps
Produced by André de LaVarre
Produced at Reeves Sound Laboratories
Distributor:
Contributor: Prelinger Archives
Source Collection: Prelinger Archives
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date:
Release Date: 1943
Geographical Location: USA
Genre/Form: sponsored
Language: eng
Rights: "Copyright 1943 Reeves Sound Laboratories"
Film Format: 16mm film
Element: release print, reversal
Color: color
Color Process: Kodachrome
Sound or Silent: sound
Film Soundtrack Type: optical
Edge Code:
Frame Rate: 24 fps
Length (feet): 1496