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Chaim Weizmann conducts experiments, Sieff Institute, Rehovot 1938

In the laboratory of the Sieff Institute, Chaim Weizmann examines test tubes and chemical apparatus, surrounded by the equipment of his research. Born in Belarus, he had studied chemistry in Germany and Switzerland and became known during the First World War for an industrial fermentation process used to produce acetone. In Rehovot during the 1930s he pursued questions of organic chemistry while simultaneously holding the political leadership of the Zionist movement as president of the World Zionist Organization.

Period
1938
Credit
The March of Time (Outtakes)US National ArchivesPublic Domain (NARA) · Digitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH

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0' 10"
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16:9
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24 fps
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1920 × 1080
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