Glasses for Susan a new day | Encyclopaedia Britannica Films | ACMI collection

In an effort to emphasize the importance of good vision in many areas of daily life, this film follows the course of a young schoolgirl as she blunders her way along, ignorant that she has poor eyesight. With the help of an alert teacher she becomes aware of her problem and in the process of acquiring a pair of new glasses she gains a new visual perspective of the world.

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Credits

production company

Encyclopaedia Britannica Films

Maclovia

Duration

00:13:00:00

Production places

Unknown

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

320928

Language

English

Subject categories

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Eye

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Eye - Diseases and defects

Short films

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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