The Seesaw and the Shoes

  • Movies
  • 1945-05-05
  • EN
  • Released
  • 0h 11m
  • US
  • Drama - Documentary - History
Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Storyline

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.

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