The Heart and circulatory system

United States, 1975

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Establishes the function of the circulatory system in transporting oxygen and the history of ideas about this. Harvey’s early experiments are shown and also microphotography of the heart. Developments in current heart research are shown.

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Credits

producer/director

Charles L. Finance

production company

Encyclopaedia Britannica Films

Media-Four Productions

Duration

00:15:07:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1975

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

321221

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Microcinematography

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

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

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Body, Human

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cardiology - Research

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cardiovascular system

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

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Heart - Anatomy

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Human physiology

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

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Pulmonary circulation

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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