836 This movie does not match it's shotlist and transcript. Ooops! woody666 2003-01-05 02:48:42 2003-01-05 02:48:42 1 38400 Jam Handy produced picture for DuPont's Mylar plastic film. What is fascinating about this particular film is how many of the applications listed in the film are still being used today. Mylar is a crystaline plasic film that has a high resistance to heat, moisture, and tearing. While Mylar is most familiar to us today as a material for metallic balloons, it is used still in audio tape, moisture bearers in housing, electrical insulators, industrial adhesive tape, and envelopes, all of which are covered in the film. Not mentioned in the film is the use of Mylar in survival blankets and haz-mat suits. The target of this film is potential industrial users of Mylar for manufacturing. While the demonstrations that are done are interesting, there is an air of circus hokery, highthened by the opening demonstrations of a man jumping on a trampoline made of Mylar and a woman swinging on a trapeze hung from a sheet of Mylar. There is also clearly a limit to budget as in the case of another DuPont-Jam Handy picture, "Out Of This World," as music stops and starts abruptly, and minor mishaps with props are kept in. But there is so much going on, with the narrator providing all sorts of demonostrations for the physical, chemical, thermal and electrical properties of Mylar, I suppose that can be forgiven. Using a clearly eye candy model as an assistant who Vanna White-like turns a game show board that lists Mylar's properties, various applications are listed out. Some of the uses listed, as typical with this period film, do seem a bit surprising, such as the use of Mylar in furniture or metallic thread. Other applications seem a bit overkill given the toughness of the material, such as packing foodstuffs or clothing in Mylar film. The crowning moment of the film is when they present a skunk wrapped in a clear Mylar box to show how it keeps in smells, accompanied by a sudden and strange orchestra sting. Still, if you ever wanted to find out about Mylar, this is your film. I'm wrapped in a Myalr coating Wilford B. Wolf 2005-04-12 18:26:21 2005-04-12 18:26:21 5 The many many uses of Mylar is discussed by an unnamed narrator and his team of cute assistants dressed in puffy sleeves and berets (??). Mylar you say? Bo-ring! Well, gentle reader the film subject COULD have been boring, but thankfully, the producers of this film thought 2 steps ahead of us and made this film one big science experiment. Mylar is stretched (trampoline experiments!) hanged (acrobat experiments!) torched, cooled dpwn, cooked in acid, punched, scrunched, and yes, BOWLED, and the mylar is STILL STANDING! Wow, I¡¯m impressed! Narrator guy does everything here, speaks AND does the science experiments. Pretty girls just walk on and off doing really nothing in particular lol. Very informative and colorful, this is highly recommended!! How Rude!! 4 Spuzz 2005-09-11 22:10:14 2005-09-11 22:10:14 Saran Wrap Made A Great Condom In The Early 60's For Those Of Us To Young To Buy Trojans! Or Because The Druggist Knew Our Parents! I Found A Use.... doowopbob 2009-04-23 12:00:11 2009-04-23 12:00:11 3 It could save the economy! Somebody tell the President about Mylar! bestpbx 2009-04-24 03:40:07 2009-04-24 03:40:07 5 5 3.60