Michael Friedlander: Multimedia

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(In reverse chronological order)

Please note that the captions are above each video.

In December 2005, Michael gave a short talk on "Compton as Chancellor" for an American Physics Society event honoring Compton's research at WU in the 1920s.

The APS designation was described in a Student Life article, 9 Dec 2005. (Michael quoted)

Into the Vault: Galileo's Dialogue
(WU Archives interview with Michael, 2014, 14 min)

Into the Vault: Newton's Letter
(WU Archives interview with Michael, Dec 2014, 8 min)

Baby Teeth; The Bomb & The Partial Ban of Above Ground Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Missouri History Museum
Aug 1, 2013
nearly 2 hour video (poor video quality, but audio is OK)
Michael's portion is 41:38 to 1:02:28 (so, ~20 minutes).

Special Relativity, a lecture by Michael, as part of the Saturday Science series, Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis, 9 Oct 2004.
From the bibliographic citation: "Lecture on Einstein's theory of special relativity intended for a general audience"
Citation: https://spokane.wustl.edu:443/record=b2977690~S2
Digitized ("ripped") in June 2022, courtesy of Sonya Rooney, WU Archivist from original DVD.
Note: The recorded volume is low on this recording.

In the spring of 2002, the Michael Frayn play "Copenhagen" was performed at Washington University in St. Louis, as part of a national tour. Wash U hosted several events surrounding the play, including this panel discussion (6 April 2002). The special guest was Henrik Bohr, grandson of Neils Bohr (one of the protagonists of the play).
The other participants were three WU Physics Professors: Michael Friedlander (moderator), John Clark, and Joe Klarmann, plus Daniel Shea, Professor of English
citation: OCLC 50625077, https://spokane.wustl.edu:443/record=b2748100~S2
Digitized in June 2022, courtesy of Sonya Rooney, WU Archivist from original VHS tape.

"The Atomic Bomb Projects"
This Saturday Science popular lecture by Michael Friedlander, Professor of Physics. (30 March 2002) was also part of the events related to the production of the Copenhagen play at Washington Univ.
Citation: OCLC 50625077, https://spokane.wustl.edu:443/record=b2748100~S2
Digitized in June 2022, courtesy of Sonya Rooney, WU Archivist from original VHS tape.

In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer
WU Physics Colloquium
Wed, May 4, 1994
Digitized in June 2022, courtesy of Sonya Rooney, WU Archivist from original VHS tape.
Citation: WorldCat

On June 1, 1980, an interview with Michael was broadcast on KWMU, the public radio station of the University of Missouri, St. Louis, part of a regular program called Creative Aging. This particular program was nationally broadcast (on National Public Radio) and was titled "Energy and the Quality of Life".

An article in the UMSL Current newspaper had described how KWMU had received an NSF grant to underwrite this special series of programs. [And for contemporaneous context: front page of that Current issue, showing tuition and a flyover of the Space Shuttle Enterprise mounted on a 747 (almost two years before Columbia's inaugural launch).]
(length: 57:51)

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KMOX-TV "The People Speak" - "Nuclear War: Can Anyone Win?" (audio tape)

Here is a collection of his (silent) 8mm home movies of scientific ballooning campaigns
1957-1971 physics-related movies.