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Man Is a Universe = Aux frontières de l'esprit

Item number (ISN):

463365

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

463365

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: CANADIAN FILM INSTITUTE

Accession:

1972-0113

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

Notes:

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

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Vault ISN:

626218

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7505-0664

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Open

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of the NFB

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