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Ears And Hearing, The (1950)

Reel Number: 221595-41

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1950

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 03:16:49

TC Ends: 03:26:16

Duration: 00:09:27

The Ears And Hearing Encyclopaedia Britannica Concert audience, superimposed large ear. Car to railroad crossing and train whistle as train passes as well as noise of train. Montage of garage mechanic, mother cooking interrupted with baby crying, talking on telephone, airline pilot, teletype operators. 03:17:57 CU bell ringing, diagram of waves and movement into ear. CU of ear, sound waves entering in diagram and cut-away of eardrum and bones inside moving and middle ear with hammer, anvil and stirrup. 03:18:26 Looking into ear and vibrations reacting to a sound. CU of middle ear bones in motion acting as levers. Drawing of inner ear labyrinth. Cross section of the two ears and skull. 03:23 09 Cross section of wax building up. Middle ear problems solved by yawning or swallowing. 03:25:22 Two men, one with 1950s hearing aid, talking. Receiver shown. Audience with ear superimposed. The End. Gags, oddities, moving diagrams, medical; Note: Intermittent scratch running 1/3 in from left.

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