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American Movie Archives (美國電影檔案)

Title
Inside Information
Year
1941
Abstract
How the X-ray works and its use in police work, surgery, industrial engineering and automobile manufacturing.
Notes
Produced: Handy (Jam) Organization
Sponsor: Chevrolet Division, General Motors Corporation
Run Time: 7:55
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W
Keyword
Perception: X-rays;Motion pictures: Special effects;Motion pictures: X-rays;Motion pictures: Special effects;Motion pictures: X-rays
Theme
Inside non-information
Review
Sure, shoot the kid with a lifetime's radiation exposure to find a piece of candy and some junk in his pockets, but it must have been too racy to show a real xray of a woman's foot so you get a backlit shot while the narartor talks about "these remarkable pictures"! The analogy with sound waves from a harp is good for a laugh too, and they don't show anything from xrays of brake shoes that you couldn't see from just looking at the darn things with the naked eye. A remarkable film because of its lack of substance on the subject it purports to be about, and as with most Jam Handy films, the "modern motorcar" is there too.
(Reviewer: Steve Nordby)
Location
A/V room, 2/F