Your mysterious brain

United Kingdom, 1962

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With the aid of a six-foot model of a human brain and film sequences of brain cells under the microscope the operation of the brain is explained. Brain cells are seen living, dying and linking themselves in the patterns which make human beings behave the way they do. Includes the filming of German artist Horst Pieter drawing under the influence of LSD.

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Credits

producer

Glyn Jones

production company

British Broadcasting Corporation

co-director

Michael Latham

Innes Lloyd

Duration

00:28:40:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1962

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

012278

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Biology - Study and teaching

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 → Brain

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

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biology - Study and teaching

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

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Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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