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“Plexiglass: The Transparent Protector” (c.1970s) is a color, promotional film presented by Rohm and Haas praising the benefits of plexiglass. The film is composed of footage showing various examples of plexiglass in day to day life and its benefits from minimizing damages to school properties to protecting cops and bank tellers from gunmen while on the job. Rohm & Haas AG was a German chemical company credited with inventing plexiglass in 1933. After World War I the company was given more funds to look into plastics as a possible life saving alternative to glass.

NICU unit of hospital, premature baby in plexiglass incubator box (0:10). Opening credits (0:36). Group of young boys play pick up game of baseball on school field, ball flies through window and breaks it; montage clips of other scenarios where broken glass common (0:45). View of kids playing on jungle gym during recess (1:18). Hand broom used to sweep up shards of clear broken glass (1:35). Backs of two window repair men as they replace window panes along exterior of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Junior High School building (1:46). Contractor measures sheet of plexiglass on sawhorse table before cutting it with circular saw (1:57). Repairmen working on Franklin Delano Roosevelt Junior High School install plexiglass where window panes used to be (2:18). Examples of different schools across United States that replaced glass windows with plexiglass - Washington and Lee High School, Virginia (2:32). Light shining through row of windows bounces off of desk tables in classroom at elementary school in Indianapolis (2:45). Interior hallway of high school in Nevada, wall of floor to ceiling plexiglass windows (2:48). Exterior parking lot of Kroger store, Chicago (2:51). Narcotics Institute of New York (3:01). Broken window panes of tall industrial warehouse building (3:10). Minnesota Twins player Harmon Killebrew hitting plexiglass sheet with bat (3:27). Two police officers get into 1970s red Ford Philadelphia police car, green East Orange, NJ Police training vehicle with plexiglass (3:44). Philadelphia Fire Department (PFD) leaves fire station, views of tiller driver in plexiglass box (4:24). Branch of Aetna Federal Savings bank, tellers protected by plexiglass wall (4:51). Two men fire 38 caliber pistols in close range at plexiglass, observe damage (5:38). Cashier sits behind plexiglass barrier (6:09). Suburban street, family homes and white picket fences (6:18). Young girl on red tricycle cycles around front lawn, bike falls over and breaks back door (6:27). Baby pink 1970s bathroom, plexiglass panels used on shower (6:59). Man in white hardhat conducts falling ball test to exemplify plexiglass breakage resistance in controlled lab setting (7:11). Examples of plexiglass used at shopping malls across country: Echelon New Jersey; Penneys Las Vegas, Nevada; malls in Houston and El Paso, Texas - skylight allows for indoor, outdoor atmosphere (7:36). Young women in bikinis hang out around motel’s all-season pool (8:05). "Man and his World" at Expo 67 site Montreal, Quebec (8:23). Employee in white jacket shows customer in suit tint variations of plexiglass at showroom (8:49). Various plexiglass samples in field to test sun exposure, close-up hand holding beige piece of plexiglass that has retained color and shine (9:03). Dome skylights made from plexiglass: rooftop of building dotted with skylights, view of ceiling from building interior showing how feature affects interior lighting; diffused light illuminates hallway of high school (9:32). Camera pans up from interior of building to reveal dome roof made of solar control plexiglass (10:04). Plexiglass lines ice hockey arena, players push up close to glass while puck is in play (10:13). Phillies Veteran Stadium, Philadelphia - pitcher warms up in plexiglass-lined bullpen (10:26). United Airlines Boeing 747-122 on tarmac (10:39). Bell H-13 Sioux helicopter with plexi hemispheres (10:49). Closing words, montage quick snippets of clips from film (11:02).

Plexiglas is a form of PMMA or poly(methyl methacrylate), the synthetic polymer derived from methyl methacrylate. It is a transparent thermoplastic. PMMA is also known as acrylic, acrylic glass, as well as by various trade names. It is used as a lightweight or shatter-resistant alternative to glass or as a casting resin, in inks and coatings, and for many other purposes.

This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com