Plastic Reconstruction of the Face (1918)
Silent film exploring the Studio for Portrait Masks, the Paris workshop of American artist Anna Coleman Ladd (1878-1939), which provided galvanised copper masks for…more
Film
Alcohol and the Human Body (1949)
An educational film by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films showing the effects that alcohol has on the human body and brain as well as the dangers of alcoholism….more
Sniffles and Sneezes (1955)
A 1950s “Health and Safety for You” educational film shows how the common cold is spread not just by sneezing and coughing, but through human contact….more
Development of a Salamander (1920s)
Early biological silent film, made sometime in the 1920s, which uses time-lapse photography to show the development of a salamander from egg to larvae. From the Dep…more
Experiments in the Revival of Organisms (1940)
A film documenting Soviet research into the resuscitation of clinically dead organisms, research which in the film appears to be successful. The experiments were co…more