{"id":"dabulgu","internal_id":"53eba37c-3649-4e2a-b27e-ac184e44338a","links":{"img_thumbnail":"https://digital.sciencehistory.org/downloads/deriv/zy8f2os/thumb_large_2X?disposition=inline","html_self":"https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/dabulgu"},"title":"What Is A Flame?","additional_title":[],"format":["moving_image"],"genre":["Video Recordings"],"medium":["VHS"],"extent":["32M 21S"],"language":["English"],"provenance":"","subject":["Flame","Heat","Heat--Convection","Educational films"],"department":"Archives","series_arrangement":[],"rights":"http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/","rights_holder":"","digitization_funder":"","file_creator":"Myers, Emmett","description":"“What is a Flame?” is one of fifty-three short educational films originally produced in 1955 for KQED San Francisco as part of the series Tempest in a Test Tube. This series of half-hour episodes illustrates basic chemistry concepts for high school students through live experiments and demonstrations by presenter Dr. Harry Sello. The experiments used in the show were designed by the American Chemical Society’s California chapter and reflect the safety standards of the time. This episode, “What is a Flame?” teaches viewers how flames are structured and shows how heat and air movement affect how flames burn and behave. ","description_html":"<p>“What is a Flame?” is one of fifty-three short educational films originally produced in 1955 for KQED San Francisco as part of the series Tempest in a Test Tube. This series of half-hour episodes illustrates basic chemistry concepts for high school students through live experiments and demonstrations by presenter Dr. Harry Sello. The experiments used in the show were designed by the American Chemical Society’s California chapter and reflect the safety standards of the time. This episode, “What is a Flame?” teaches viewers how flames are structured and shows how heat and air movement affect how flames burn and behave. </p>","published_at":"2026-04-23T15:11:52Z","updated_at":"2026-04-23T15:11:52Z","creator":[{"category":"creator_of_work","value":"American Chemical Society"},{"category":"creator_of_work","value":"KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)"}],"date_of_work":[{"start":"1987","start_qualifier":"circa","finish":"","finish_qualifier":"","note":"","formatted":"Circa 1987"}],"place":[{"category":"place_of_creation","value":"California--San Francisco"}],"inscription":[],"related_link":[],"additional_credit":[],"physical_container":null}