Re: joe sixpack

[Joseph Bellina <jbellina@saintmarys.edu>]

I too have the NZ videos.  The image quality is ok but not great, and the 
audio gets funny once in a while, but Feynman is fun to watch even so.

On 
Wed, 4 Dec 1996, Leigh Palmer wrote:

> > Leigh:  Are these Feynman tapes the same as the 60's series from Cal Tech,
> > or are they some more recent tapings?  If newer, please post the source.
> > Thanks, Karl
>
> No. They are from the 80s. They were made in New Zealand on a repeat
> performance (the first talks were given in LA). Contact Ralph Leighton
> at fot@lafn.org for ordering details. I haven't viewed them yet (but I
> read the book). Perhaps I'll watch them this holiday season with my
> children.
>
> I don't know about the sixties films from Caltech, but the Messenger
> Lectures that were given at Cornell are superb. They were filmed
> (that was before videotape - these are kinescope recordings) by BBC
> and can be bought for a ridiculous price on videotape from someone.
> The Feynman tapes I got were four lectures for $60.
>
> Leigh