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From dreams to reality : a tribute to minority inventors /

"Narrated by Ossie Davis, this tribute to minority inventors touches upon many inventions that have contributed to American science, technology, and medicine. Motivates junior and senior high school students (minority) to take scientific and technical subjects as preparation for careers in scie...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: United States. Patent and Trademark Office
Other Authors: Kodama, Vicki (Director, Producer, Screenwriter), Davis, Ossie (Narrator)
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, [2013?]
Subjects:
Inventors > Minorities.
Inventions > United States > History.
African American inventors.
African Americans > History.
African Americans > Biography.
Asian Americans > History.
Asian Americans > Biography.
Bicycles > History.
Bicycles > Exhibitions.
Biographical films.
Educational films.
Documentary films.
Short films.
Historical films.
Description
Summary:"Narrated by Ossie Davis, this tribute to minority inventors touches upon many inventions that have contributed to American science, technology, and medicine. Motivates junior and senior high school students (minority) to take scientific and technical subjects as preparation for careers in science and technology."--Internet Archive.
Item Description:DVD release: 2013; originally filmed in 2002; on occasion of the Lemelson Center's exhibition in the Smithsonian Institution's program "Re-inventing the Wheel" on May 6, 2000.
Originally released as documentary in 1986.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (27 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD-R.
Production Credits:Music, William Mears.