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The Seesaw and the Shoes (1945)
Genre: Drama, Documentary, History
Released: 1945-05-05
Runtime: 11 min.
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.