Jolitz Family Video - 8mm films of WL Jolitz

William Leonard Jolitz's(dec.) 8mm films (1949 -1979)
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• Jolitz Family Video - Visit to the Lost World

  In the 60's, a common "tourist trap" to visit was the Lost World in Scott's Valley, near Santa Cruz. William takes son and daughter to see steel dinosaurs and unusual trees.

• Jolitz Family Video - William and Son build a telescope

  William Leonard Jolitz and his 12year old son, William Frederick Jolitz, made a telescope together. First they ground and polished a 6-in parabolic mirror. Then, they built a 4 ft optical tube assembly with mirror cells. William Leonard Jolitz designed and fabricated a wooden equatorial mount. They mated the two, and soon that night saw the moon and planets with first light! (see also "Where Ben's Scope came from ..." and "Benjamin Jolitz Wins Science Fair Award")