Medfield College Medfield College Medfield College is a fictitious college used as the setting for several films by The Walt Disney Company. Among them are the two "Professor Brainard" movies, "The Absent-Minded Professor" (1961) and "Son of Flubber" (1963); and the "Dexter Reilly" trilogy: "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes" (1969), "Now You See Him, Now You Don't" (1972), and "The Strongest Man in the World" (1975); as well as the remake of "The Absent-Minded Professor", "Flubber" (1997). The town of Medfield, the location of Medfield College, was the setting for another Disney film, "The Shaggy D.A." (1976), implying Medfield was also the
George Philip (cartographer) George Philip & Son Ltd. In 1949, British Pathé produced "Globe Making", a short newsreel that shows the art of making a globe. The black and white film is shot in a globe-making factory in Willesden, North West London, thought to belong to George Philip & Son Ltd. In 1955, British Pathé revisited the same Willesden, North West London factory to shoot "Globe Making: How the World is Made", a colour newsreel also showing the art of globe making. The films give a fascinating insight into the art of making a globe by hand. George Philip & Son Ltd. continued