“Big Magnets” (1961) — Science Reporter TV Series

Dr. Benjamin Lax discusses the future of the nascent National Magnetic Laboratory at MIT (of which he is the director) in fields such as biomagnetics, along with MIT professor Francis Bitter, research biologist Dr. H. Fernandez-Moran (Massachusetts General Hospital) and Max Swerdlow (Air Force Office of Scientific Research). Interviews conducted by Dr. Bert Little for the MIT/WGBH collaborative “Science Reporter” TV program. Film to HD transfer courtesy of MIT 150. MIT Museum Collections.