The Seesaw and the Shoes

(1945)

★ 6.5 IMDb · 2 votes

Genres: Drama, Documentary, History

Year: 1945

Runtime: 11 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Douglas Foster

Cast: John Nesbitt, Arthur Space, Helen Dickson, Федор Шаляпин мл., Sheldon Jett

Plot

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.