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Man Is a Universe = Aux frontières de l'esprit

Item number (ISN):

139470

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

139470

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: 1986

Accession:

1986-0512

Media:

Film

Original title:

Man Is a Universe

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

1954

Production company:

National Film Board

Production credit:

director/scenario, Ronald Weyman; producer, Nicholas Balla; photography, Hector Lemieux; sound, Joseph Champagne; Clarke Daprato; editing, Fergus McDonell; sound editing, William Greaves; narrator, John Drainie; music, Robert Fleming

Country of production:

cn

Description:

This film reveals, in layman's language, something of the progress made at the Montreal Neurological Institute in un-ravelling the mysteries of the human brain and nervous system. It show some of the highly complex equipment used in neurological research and diagnosis, and follows a brain operation performed on an epileptic. The human brain and nervous system are a vast, unexplored universe about which much remains to be discovered. There are interviews of Dr. Cyril James, principal of McGill University, and Dr. Denis White, Associate Professor of Medicine at Queen's University. Footage includes shots of Dr. Wilder Penfield, head of the Montreal Neurological Institute, examining a patient's head, students fighting in a school yard, electrodes attached to a patient's head to electronically record impulses from the brain, and surgery underway. <12mn>

Language:

English

Original number:

106B 0154 014

Notes:

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1. For more information see "The NFB Film Guide From 1939 to 1989".

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

132341

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8221-4051
8221-4052

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

132342

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8221-4053
8221-4054

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

132343

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8221-4055
8221-4056

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

132344

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8221-4057
8221-4058

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

132345

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8221-4059
8221-4060

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

132347

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8221-4061

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

132348

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8221-4062

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF
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Open

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GAD 0FD580

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