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{{for|the magazine|Popular Science (magazine)}} {{unreferenced|date=September 2016}} {{Italic title}} '''''Popular Science''''' (1935–1949) is a series of [[short films]], produced by [[Jerry Fairbanks]] and released by [[Paramount Pictures]]. The ''Popular Science'' film series is a [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] entertainment production – the only attempt by the movie industry to chronicle the progress of science, industry and popular culture during the first half of the 20th century.{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}} The series, filmed in [[Magnacolor]], was the first to profile: father of [[television]] [[Philo T. Farnsworth]] (1939), [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] and his architectural school (1942), building [[Hoover Dam]] (1935), building the [[San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge]] (1936), [[Academy Award]]-nominated ''Moon Rockets'' (1947), the [[Electron Microscope]] (1942), [[Jet Aircraft]] (1946), the birth of [[Plastic Surgery]] (1937), [[answering machine|Telephone Answering Machine]] (1936), [[Fuel]] from Corn Cobs (1949), [[Rust Heinz]] and his [[Phantom Corsair]] car (1938), world's first full-scale (whole body) [[X-ray]] technique (1936), the "Mechanical Brain" [[Computer]] at [[UCLA]] (1948), [[Contact Lenses]] (1936), the [[Northrop Corporation|Northrop]] "[[Flying Wing]]" (1948). The series also promoted Paramount with a tour (1938) of the then-new [[Fleischer Studios]] facility in [[Miami, Florida]], which produced [[animated cartoons]] for Paramount. The series was created by independent [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] film producer Jerry Fairbanks in May 1935. Produced with the cooperation of the editors of ''[[Popular Science (magazine)|Popular Science]]'' magazine, the series introduced its audience to advances in [[medicine]], [[aviation]], [[science]] and [[technology]], [[television]], home improvement, [[airplane|planes]], [[trains]] and [[automobiles]], as well as an assortment of strange and whimsical [[inventions]]. During its 14-year theatrical run, the ''Popular Science'' film series was honored with numerous awards and acclaim, including 5 [[Academy Award]] nominations. The ''Popular Science'' series also received a Special Commendation from the US Department of War in 1943 for its unparalleled coverage of American military technology involved World War II. This film series has been a staple on [[television]] for decades, most recently shown on the [[American Movie Classics]] cable network, hosted by [[Nick Clooney]] and Bob Dorian. The series, as well as the rest of the Jerry Fairbanks film library, is owned by Shields Pictures, which released a DVD in 2008 of some of the original ''Popular Science'' sequences. ==External links== *[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0265475 List of ''Popular Science'' films (1935-1949) at IMDb] *[http://www.shieldspictures.com/popularscience.html Website of ''Popular Science'' films] *[http://www.shieldspictures.com Shields Pictures official site] [[Category:American film series]] [[Category:Paramount Pictures]] [[Category:American black-and-white films]] [[Category:American films]] [[Category:Short film series]] {{short-film-stub}}

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