Stress

Canada, 1956

Film
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Dr. Hans Selye’s research and writings on the subject of stress are world-renowned. In this early documentary study, he is interviewed in his laboratories at the Universite de Montreal, where he explains his discoveries. Stress, the general strain on the body caused by disease, injury or mental pressure, is explained and we are shown some of the experiments that led Dr. Selye to his discovery.

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Credits

director

Ian MacNeill

producer

Nicholas Balla

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Duration

00:10:13:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1956

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

010353

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Canada

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

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

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical sciences

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - History

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

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

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mental health

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

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

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Stress (Physiology)

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Stress (Psychology)

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Stress management

History → History

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Medical sciences

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Scientists - Biography

People → Scientists - Biography

People → Selye, Hans, 1907-

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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