U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)From Dreams to Reality - A Tribute to Minority Inventors (1986)

Narrated by Ossie Davis, this tribute to minority inventors touches upon many inventions that have contributed to American science, technology, and medicine. Motivates junior and senior high school students (minority) to take scientific and technical subjects as preparation for careers in science and technology.

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Producer: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Language: English
Keywords: ntis.gov; uspto.gov

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Credits

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Vicki Kodama - Writer, producer, director.
William Mears - Original music.
Nicholas Anderson - Guitar music.
Animation House, Inc. - Animation.
Robert B. Amdur - Executive Producer.

Paid for by the USPTO.

Shotlist

00:00 Black Screen.
00:23 Yowza - big open, gears of progress.
00:39 "From the beginning of time." More gears.
00:58 "Hello, I'm Ossie Davis." PTO in a nutshell.
01:32 Groovy music interlude.
01:59 Title shot: From Dreams to Reality: A Tribute to Minority Inventors
02:06 Paeon to the Patent Applicant
02:33 Lewis Howard Latimer: Carbon Filaments, Charter Member of the Edison Pioneers.
03:32 Granville T. Woods, inventor of the Third Rail System and 59 other patents.
04:22 George Washington Carver
04:41 Developed 300 Products From the Peanut.
04:42 118 Products from the Sweet Potato.
04:46 60 Products from Pecans.
05:02 Worked at what is now the Tuskagee Institute.
05:12 Garret Morgan: The traffic signal and the gas mask. (Great stock footage of Farragut Square in DC.)
05:47 The gas inhalator or "mask."
06:12 Dr. Charles Richard Drew, separating red blood cells from plasma and storing for later use.
06:41 First medical director of the American Red Cross.
06:48 Ossie riffs on patent system as driver of the free enterprise system. Walks around the USPTO.
07:24 In the stacks.
07:51 Computers are important, particularly dot matrix printers and reel-to-reel tapes.
08:14 Ad for WANG Wordprocessors, Opening the door to office automation.
08:32 Dr. On Wang, "the mastermind behind the original development of the basic components and systems of digital computer machines."
08:46 NASA Space shot.
09:10 Phillip B. Stevens, President of Ultra Systems Incorporated. Important ICBM-related patents.
09:38 Holds model of missle.
10:07 Shows blueprints from patents.
10:29 Being briefed by staff, looks at model of power plant.
10:57 Model of advanced wood-fired power plant.
11:13 Urges viewer to strive hard, do good. Photos from high school.
12:12 Ysidore Martinez Martinez, missle designer, invented and patented knee implant.
12:41 Explains his knee.
12:56 Shows x-rays.
13:06 Demonstrates on a model.
13:51 X-ray of a monkey.
14:10 Jet, traffic advisory on sound. Airport.
14:35 Dr. Meredith Gourdine, invented airport fog dispersal system.
15:10 Demo of system (computer animation).
15:39 Gourdine in a library.
15:57 Photos from college. All-American, captain of track team, silver medal in Olympics.
16:41 Demonstrates talking calculator, Dr. Gourdine holds over 50 patents, is going blind.
17:06 Mrs. Mildred Austin Smith, suffers from multiple sclerosis. Invented a unique genealogy game.
17:35 Logo of "Family Treedition."
17:46 How she got the idea.
18:01 "My grandmother's *son* is my *father*."
18:20 Kids demo the game.
18:50 "If I know you're my fourth cousin, I have more feelings towards you."
18:56 Ballet dancers at car show in 1950s.
19:15 Important things we invented in the 1950s, like carbon copy paper.
19:30 Ossies gives demo of carbon paper.
19:39 Robert Baylis, inventor of microencapsulation, "method and system" that led to carbon paper.
20:02 Computer animation of oil mixing with water with lots of foley action.
20:30 Dr. Baylis explains applications of his invention.
20:48 Shows demo of "dried water."
21:30 Shows chemical locking device for threaded fasteners.
21:37 Micro-encapsulated dies, generating ink.
21:50 The field is boundless.
22:29 Shows microencapsulated gasoline. Makes it burn.
23:02 Ossie in front of posters of famous inventors.
23:17 Abraham Lincoln quote: "The patent system added the fuel to the fire of genius."
23:41 Closing title.
23:47 Kid explains his invention: the bullet "grabber."
24:09 Kid shows his poster. Looks like he had some help putting this together.
24:22 Presented by the Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Executive Producer: Robert B. Amdur
24:25 Another kid. Shows her telephone for blind people. Made big numbers.
24:40 Produced by EVKO Productions, Inc., Alexandria, VA.
24:44 Another kid. Foil-covered umbrella to keep people cool.
24:52 Writer, Producer, Director: Vicki Kodama
24:56 Another kid. Shower curtain with a string.
25:11 Editor: Nicholas Anderson. Director of Photography: Bob Waybright.
25:15 Original Music: William Mears. Guitar Music: Nicholas Anderson. Animation: Animation House, Inc.
25:19 Last kid. Straps a tube to his back, puts an umbrella in it. Voila ... umbrella holder!
25:46 Remaining credits roll for camera, sound, gaffers, grips, make-up.
25:56 One more kid! Has horn on a hat.
25:58 Thanks-to screen. Jazz music.
26:13 Funding provided by the Economic Development Administration Minority Business Development Agency UPTO DOC.
26:18 Patent office personnel involved in this film.
26:22 Kid with the umbrella holder is back. Spins.
26:30 Department of Commerce Logo
26:30 Done.