This way up

United Kingdom, 1980

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James Burke goes to the top of the Blackpool Tower and turns upside down to discover how the ears talk to the eyes and how we know which way is down. Looks at the sense of balance and other ways we perceive which way is up. The use of vision and retinal cells to detect movement and distance is studied in detail.
Suitable for upper secondary level.

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Credits

producer

Mike Jackson

production company

British Broadcasting Corporation

Duration

00:30:20:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1980

Appears in

The Real thing

Group of items

The Real thing

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

312252

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Reality

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Eye - Movements

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Spatial perception - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Eye - Movements

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Senses and sensation

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Senses and sensation

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

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Sound

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Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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