Summer Science Film Festival

Written by Jack Hassard

On July 5, 2011

The Learning Network of the New York Times sponsored a series of films in their Film Festival that focused on “classroom worthy” documentaries. One of the days was devoted to science, and the feature film, Footprints (synopsis shown below) is available to you free from Snagfilms.

Follow this link to see all of the featured summer films that focus on technology, history, science and the arts.

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