Episode number 1 of Series “The Real thing”.
Shot in the style of a 1940’s film, James Burke employs a detective to illustrate how the senses pick up clues from the outside world, how the brain solves the mystery and decides what is out there. Illustrates how easy it is to fool the best detective, and asks “what is reality”? Part one of a series of six programs written and presented by James Burke. Suitable for upper secondary level.
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
015994
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television series
Documentary
Documentary → Docudrama
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Reality
Educational & Instructional
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Brain
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Senses and sensation
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Human information processing
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Senses and sensation
Television
Television → Television series
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
U-Matic; Access Print (Section 1)