The Seesaw and the Shoes

Drama, Documentary, History

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Douglas Foster

Status Released

Release Date 1945-05-05

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.