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Prof. Woodie Flowers, Course 2.70 Introduction to Design Competition (1981)

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Professor Woodie Flowers, of the MIT Mechanical Engineering department, hosts the 1981 competition for his famous "Introduction to Design" class — perhaps MIT's most influential engineering course. The challenge is de...

“Underwater Photography” (1964) — Science Reporter TV Series

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This black and white film features Harold "Doc" Edgerton interviewed by John Fitch about the technology and scientific applications of underwater photography for the "MIT Science Reporter" (National Education Televisi...

Gyorgy Kepes Interview (1988)

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Gyorgy Kepes, founder of MIT's Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS), is interviewed at his home in Cambridge, MA, on the occasion of a California Polytechnic show on art and science in December 1988. The intervi...

Charles M. Vest: Diversity Interview

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An interview with the 15th President of MIT, Charles M. Vest, on Diversity. Recorded October 14, 1993.

“Sailing by Computer” (1966) – Science Reporter TV Series

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Novel approaches to ship design using state-of-the-art computers are presented in a 1966 interview of Halsey Herreshoff, instructor at the MIT Department of Naval Architecture in charge of research in ship model testi...

1996 MIT Commencement Address — Vice President Albert A. Gore

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Vice President Albert A. Gore gives the commencement address as Guest Speaker for the 1996 MIT Commencement Exercises, on June 7, 1996.

“Victory and Science” (1945)

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This vintage silent film footage shows a range of World War II ordnance developed at MIT, on display at the campus on November 10-12, 1945. More than 75,000 people attended the event, giving the Boston-area public its...

Special meeting of the MIT community to welcome Dr. Susan Hockfield (2004)

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On the morning of August 26, 2004, MIT announced that Susan Hockfield, a distinguished neuroscientist and then Provost at Yale University, had been selected as MIT's 16th president. Later that afternoon, the MIT comm...

“History of the Strobe” (1984) — Prof. Harold “Doc” Edgerton

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Professor Harold "Doc" Edgerton delivers one of his ever popular lectures about his life's work, in his talk titled "The History of the Strobe" delivered in Room 34-101 for the Electrical Engineering and Computer Hist...