Electrons

"Electrons" is an educational film designed for high school and college students, which elucidates the fundamental nature of electricity through a combination of animated illustrations and real-world demonstrations. It explores the hypothesis that electricity is made up of unit elementary charges, providing visual explanations of how electricity conducts through various mediums like solutions, gases, and vacuums. The film covers significant principles such as Faraday's laws of electrolysis, the movement of charges in vacuum tubes, the operation of photoelectric cells, and even the technical process of sound reproduction on film. However, there appears to be a mix-up in the description, as it also mentions a historical survey from 1800 to 1817, including key events like Jefferson's inauguration, the Barbary War, the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition, and the War of 1812, which seems unrelated to the primary topic of electrons. This might suggest either an error in the film's content or an intentional, albeit confusing, educational approach combining science with history.