The Seesaw and the Shoes

Name: The Seesaw and the Shoes
Director: Douglas Foster
Genre: Drama, Documentary, History
Released: 1945-05-05
Duration: 11 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: John Nesbitt, Arthur Space, Helen Dickson, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Sheldon Jett

6.5(2)NR194511mEN

Directed by Douglas Foster

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.