During my high school days, and possibly even junior high, from around 1966-1970, I saw several films shown in science classes that seemed to be part of a series. They were all narrated by an older bald gentleman with glasses.
Although each film was about a different subject, I can only remember one scene in particular. They were describing the effects of being in a sensory deprivation tank (or possibly the effects of sleep deprivation) and decribed someone who began hallucinating about little yellow cartoon men running around and screaming.
Does anybody else remember these old science class films? Any idea who made them or if they are available on line anywhere?
I remember a series that we saw, I think it was a disney production and invovled " the magic screen" they’d go behind to show us the secrets of anatomy and physics. Can’t remember anything else though, sorry
I remember well the little yellow cartoon men running around and screaming and I’m pretty sure that it was a sensory deprivation tank. I’m nearly certain that Squink is correct and that it was Dr. Frank C. Baxter in a series made by AT&T. The one you are thinking of is probably Gateways to the Mind. They were made in the 1950s.
Was Gateways the one that introduced what was then the latest thing, stereophonic sound?
On the subject of science films, does anyone know where to find the film of protein synthesis as interpreted by random Stanford students on the quad?
Thank you, Squink, it was indeed the Dr. Frank C. Baxter films. I thought the films were stricktly made for the classroom, and not shown on earlier television, so I didn’t think to ask in Cafe Society.
Oh my God, the Dr. Baxter movies. Are they really almost 50 years old?
We all used to love 'em–not just the science geeks, but all the kids. My favorite was the “Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays”–Fagan’s dossier, Henchman’s dossier, and all that. The scene that sticks out in my mind from the sensory deprivation tank was the walking eyeglasses.
I remember them from grade school, though, not high school. By high school we would have been laughing too much at the dorky Dr. Baxter.
