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Unique Contribution, The (Part I)

1959/14 min 28 sec/26 shots

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The Unique Contribution examines how educational films support teaching and learning when subjects are difficult to grasp through reading or direct observation. Using scientific and historical examples, it shows how motion pictures clarify processes through demonstrations, time-lapse photography, magnification, and visual explanations of gravity, metamorphosis, microscopic life, circulation, heart function, and human health.

Provenance and rights

Original producer: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Collection: Prelinger Archives
Original title: Unique Contribution, The (Part I)
Date: 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
Original link: Open on Internet Archive
Rights: public_domain

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