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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.
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.
- (70)
- Short
- Douglas Foster
- 1945-05-05
In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. A seesaw and a pair of shoes lead to important discoveries.
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- Douglas Foster
- Metrogoldwynmayer
- John Nesbitt
This short film shows how two objects, the seesaw and a pair of shoes, led to important discoveries.
The Seesaw and the Shoes (1945) *** (out of 4) Another nice entry in MGM's Passing Parade series with this one taking a look at two simple items that led to major discoveries. The first deals with a doctor who sees two kids playing on a seesaw and this leads to him discovering the stethoscope.
