03685cgm a2200553 a 4500 23684610 20250607130056.1 cr b|a|||||||| 240510s1953 xxu036 s mleng 23684610 7 cbc orignew u ncip 20 y-movingim qm19 2024-05-10 qm03 2025-02-10 LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-1007 2024603191 (DLC) mbrs01943032 DLC DLC amim n-us--- 1953 edtf Decision for chemistry / Monsanto Chemical Company presents [sponsor] ; produced by MPO Productions, Inc. ; directed and edited by Sidney Meyers ; script by Burton J. Rowles. [Educational version]. United States naf United States : Modern Talking Picture Service, Inc., 1953. 1 video file (digital) (36 min.) : sd., b&w. two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Parts of summary from Business screen, 1953, v. 14, no. 5, p. 45, and the National Film Preservation Foundation WWW site. LC also holds an episode of a television program, Omnibus. II, vol. 15, in the Wesleyan University Collection (Library of Congress) and Saudek (Robert) Collection, which includes a short 16 min. television version of this film. DLC Sources used: National Film Preservation Foundation WWW site, viewed May 10, 2024; Business screen, 1953, v. 14, no. 5, p. 45, viewed online May 10, 2024 via Media History Digital Library; Business screen, 1954, v. 15, no. 1, p. 130, viewed online May 10, 2024 via Media History Digital Library; Prelinger, R. The field guide to sponsored film, 2006, p. 26. Cameramen, Michael Nebbia, Larry Madison ; unit manager, James Hanney ; music composed and conducted by Alex North. Decision for chemistry is a broad story of the contributions of the chemical industry to mankind structured around the theme of "boys and freight trains", which involves the curiosity of youth and the freedom of expression and exploration as provided by the chemical industry. The film surveys the role of chemistry in American life and traces its evolution in the United States from a frontier science in the 1920s to a post-World War II era of discovery and innovation intended to make people's lives safer and more comfortable. Advances in plastics, byproducts, agriculture, and home gardening are explored. The film concludes with words of encouragement for youth interested in future careers in the chemical industry. Chemical engineering Vocational guidance. Chemical industry United States. Sponsored films. lcgft Educational films. lcgft Short films. lcgft Nonfiction films. lcgft Meyers, Sidney, 1906-1969, film director, film editor. Rowles, Burton J., screenwriter. Nebbia, Michael, cinematographer. North, Alex, composer. Monsanto Chemical Company, sponsor. MPO Productions, production company. Modern Talking Picture Service, film distributor. Decision for chemistry (Motion picture) MacDonald (J. Fred and Leslie W.) Collection (Library of Congress) Decision for chemistry [educational version] (DLC) W1943032 AVCMS digital viewing copy ntscrm 01943032 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.01943032 nsr