Episode of Series “Life Around Us”.
Very clearly, sometime using graphics, this film explains how sound works, how it is measured and what experiments have been conducted into its nature and effects. Some information about the work of Boyle and Edison is given and the physiology of the ear and nature of hearing are explained.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
013270
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Science - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Ear
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Hearing
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Human physiology
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Hearing
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Physics
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science - Experiments
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science - Study and teaching
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Sound
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Sound - Experiments
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)