# Electric Fields

Discusses an electric field as a mathematical aid and as a physical entity. Experiments demonstrate the vector addition of fields, the shielding effect by closed metallic surfaces and the electric force which drives an electric current in a conductor. The film is hosted by Dr.Francis Bitter of MIT, assisted by DR. John Weymouth of Sylvania Electric Products, Salem, MA. The film was directed by noted documentarian Richard Leacock.

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1959
- Runtime: 24 min
- By: Physical Science Study Committee
- Genres: Education, Science
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/afelectric-fields)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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