All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic (2018)
The Life and Times of Leo Baekeland
Run Time: 0h59m | Release: 01 Mar 2018
Genres: Documentary |
Production Countries: United States of America
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Overview:
In 1907, Belgian-born American chemist Leo Hendrik Baekeland made one of the most transformative discoveries of the 20th century: Bakelite. It was the first wholly synthetic plastic and ushered in an explosion of new man-made materials that marked the beginnings of our modern industrial age.