Overview Part 1

Description

Designed to brief visitors to the National Bureau of Standards, this film uses still shots to illustrate the various activities carried out at NBS. Dick Roberts, Director of NBS, describes some of the activities including: length, mass, temperature and luminous intensity standards; materials science; study of law enforcement equipment for the Justice Department; study of new types of housing for Department of Housing and Urban Development; study of toy safety for Product Safety Commission; aids in the use and selection of computers for the Federal government; fire and flammability testing; and new sources of energy and ways to conserve energy. Visitors are invited to tour labs and watch demonstrations.

Collection

Records of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Series

Moving Images Documenting Scientific Tests, Research and Experiments