The Seesaw and the Shoes

1945 ★ 6.5 TMDB 11 min NR IMDb TMDB English Douglas Foster
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Overview

This short shows how two objects led to important discoveries. Children playing with a seesaw inspire French physician Rene Laennec to invent the stethoscope, and a pair of shoes made of caoutchouc lead Charles Goodyear to discover the process for vulcanizing rubber.

Drama Documentary History

John Nesbitt

Narrator
Arthur Space

Arthur Space

Charles Goodyear (uncredited)

Helen Dickson

One of Goodyear's Guests (uncredited)
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.

Feodor Chaliapin Jr.

Bit Part (uncredited)

Sheldon Jett

One of Goodyear's Guests (uncredited)

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