With the aid of complex instruments such as the ultra-centrifuge and the electron microscope, the use of tissue cultures and animal experimentation, we see how scientists in a modern virology laboratory explore the nature of viruses, how these viruses exist and how we can use this knowledge to improve our health and well-being.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
011561
Language
English
Subject categories
Animals & Wildlife → Animal experimentation
Animals & Wildlife → Microbiology
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Animal experimentation
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Medicine - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Study and teaching
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Virus diseases
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Electron microscope
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Microbiology
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Scientific apparatus and instruments
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)