Stress

Stress (1956) National Film Board of Canada Doctors waiting room w/ people of all ages, woman leaving. LS of University of Montreal, large statue; int. of Medical Research Institute w/ Hans Selye lecturing to doctors in lecture hall; writes Stress on blackboard. 01:19:31 Very ill cancer patient w/ medals on chest in hospital bed; CU woman’s eyes; other people w/ various illnesses. X-ray of heart pumping; animation of skeleton w/ heart pumping. Selye continues lecturing & explaining need for stress research. Narrator: “...and the injections made the rats sick.” CU photographs of enlarged adrenal glands & shriveled thymus gland of rats. CU lab technician writing on pad. 01:20:59 CU syringe in hand & drop on tip. Selye looking thru microscope; pan along row of laboratory bottles. Table w/ needles, bottles labeled liver, kidney, spleen. Lab technician w/ clipboard in front of animal cages. Lecture continues explaining... People restless while listening; MCUs. 01:22:09 Man putting rats in cages, in water, stretched out on wood, injected. Looking at pictures of organs. 01:22:33 Three technicians looking thru microscopes. Animated skeleton & animation of body ÅCTH hormones in response to injuries carried to adrenal glands & response hormones. More similar animation. 01:23:57 CU of distorted face; montage of ash tray, manual typewriter, cash register, man talking; door slammed, stamping on papers, door knob, people off elevator, traffic from above, policeman w/ whistle, stop sign, sweating face, head on desk 01:24:31 Selye lecturing, on blackboard source of stress: chemical, physical, mental. People taking notes. 01:24:57 Animation; general cell structure; hand w/ injury and exaggerated effect. 01:26:02 Arthritic patient in wheelchair, standing & walking w/ assistance & two canes after cortison injection; doctors watching. CU feet walking down hospital hallway. The End. Medicine; Testing; Chemistry; Chemicals; Nervous Breakdown;