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81. Effects of metallic ions and osmotic disturbances on the heart (11:49)

Date:: 1944
Summary:: Demonstrates the effects on the isolated turtle heart of calcium and potassium excess, combined calcium and potassium deficiency, and drying.

82. Experiments in the revival of organisms (19:52)

Date:: 1946
Summary:: Presents a record of the successful experiments in resuscitating dead animals conducted at the Institute of Experimental Physiology and Therapy at Veronezh, U.S.S.R., by Dr. S. S. Bryukhonenko. Th...

83. Exploring the human nervous system (22:50)

Date:: 1963
Summary:: Compares the nervous systems of the hydra and earthworm with the complexity of the human nervous system. Details the physiology of the reflex arc and explains the activities of certain brain center...

84. Exploring your growth (11:19)

Date:: 1956
Summary:: Uses simple animation and photomicrography to explore the process that makes a person grow, explaining how food is digested in the mouth, stomach, intestine ; how the digested food is carried by th...

85. Fabricantes mexicanos de ollas (09:24)

Date:: 1962
Summary:: Shows how the Indians in the Mayo village off Ubalama live, how they make and use ollas, and how they trade them for the necessities of life. Explains why primitive industry of making ollas has ret...

86. Face of the world (28:51)

Date:: unknown
Summary:: Discusses the earth as a whole and man's attempts to expand his own knowledge and use of the planet's geography. Traces the geographic growth of man's first movements in search of food, his inventi...

87. Family In Tokyo (15:48)

Date:: 1961
Summary:: Shows home life of a typical Japanese family in Tokyo, pointing out customs that are similar to, and different from, those in America. Stresses the warm relationship between parents and children.

88. Family of free China (22:11)

Date:: 1961
Summary:: Describes through the narration of Wang Shen, a teen-age boy of the village of Pingtung, Taiwan, his home life, educational system, improved farming techniques, village commerce and industries and ...

89. Fen Lands (17:28)

Date:: 1949
Summary:: Pictures the marshy area in England which has been reclaimed for farming purposes. Explains the problems which the people face when the soil dries and shrinks from the foundations of buildings, wh...

90. Finding information (11:45)

Date:: 1962
Summary:: Explores the principal ways in which people go about finding information, by following a boy who discovers a baby bird as he asks advice from a man in a pet shop, learns by observation, consults va...