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.