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Man: A Film Lesson In "General Science" (1928)

1928 · Ephemeral film · 18 min

  • Documentary
  • Animation

Synopsis

Food absorption, sight and hearing.

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Details

Released
1928-01-01
Running time
18 minutes

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★ · Made from at least 50% recycled materials · No School Like The Old School · 2018-06-24

Misleading title that is just called Man: A Film Lesson in "General Science". It starts by comparing the "ameba" to things that humans also do. Several minutes is filled with how the amoeba eats, breathes and feels. Then we are brought to the humans, well more specifically their circulatory system, digestive system, auditory system, and visual system with recycled scenes from previous Devry educational films. I don't know how many times I've seen the picture of the man who has a telephone transitioned over his face to compare human hearing to that of a telephone receiver, but it's been in at…