CBS Radio 1937 "The Father of Plastics"

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The year was 1937...Television was still in its infancy, so the people that could afford it, listened to serial radio shows and news in the evening.
On December 13th a CBS show called Calvacade of America featured a skit portraying John Hyatt's discovery of modern plastic while trying to invent a substitute for the ivory billiard ball.

classic radio at it's best, the narrator sounds like that guy in the educational films we'd watch in school...

Click here to listen.... or right-click to download it first...

Run time 27:00 minutes. mp3 format, will open in your default media player.
please note: the recording was edited to remove 3 minutes of music before the skit. thanks to otr.net
 
John Wesley Hyatt

"The things that really matter are the things you find out for your self."
John Wesley Hyatt

That was really Great...
Thank you
 
plastic is still a blessing compared to earlier plastics, called "bakelite" were more brittle when compared to modern plastic. In China, you'll have to pay for each plastic bag you need at the grocery store, an attempt to curb the waste caused by not using reusable bags.
 
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