The Sleepwatchers

United States, 1969

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Episode of Series “The 21st Century”.
Presents a report on current research being done on various aspects of sleep. How much sleep human beings need, what happens to someone deprived of sleep, what sleep is like for the mentally ill, what causes sleepwalking and how to cure it and how much time each night is spent dreaming are among some of the questions dealt with in this film. Reporter: Walter Cronkite.

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Credits

producer

Isaac Kleinerman

director

James Jackson

production company

Columbia Broadcasting System

Duration

00:24:50:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1969

Appears in

The 21st Century

Group of items

The 21st Century

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014295

Language

English

Subject categories

Animals & Wildlife → Biological research

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

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

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

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

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

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

Magic, Occult & Supernatural → Dreams

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biological research

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biology - Study and teaching

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Human biology

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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