Your children's ears.

Date:
1945
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Your children's ears. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

This film explains the structure of the ear by means of diagrams and shows the damage to hearing that may be caused by abscesses, insertion of small objects such as peas, internal inflammation due to colds, discharge from the ear, and adenoids. Methods of treatment by parents and doctors are shown. 3 segments.

Publication/Creation

UK : Department of Health, 1945.

Physical description

1 encoded moving image (14.19 min.) : sound, black and white.

Duration

00:14:19

Copyright note

Crown copyright, managed by BFI.

Terms of use

Unrestricted
CC-BY-NC
Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.0 UK: England & Wales

Language note

In English

Creator/production credits

A Ministry of Information film for Department of Health in cooperation with Council for Health Education. Produced by Margaret Thomson, directed by Albert Pearl, commentary by Carleton Hobbs, diagrams by Basic Film Ltd. A Realist Film Unit Production.

Notes

This video was made from material preserved by the BFI National Archive

Contents

Segment 1 Opening credits. A class of children with hearing problems is seen being taught lipreading. A male narrator explains that it takes a long time to teach these children how to speak and they often fall behind, though they are no less intelligent than other children. He points out children who were not born deaf, but lost hearing in childhood due to measles, scarlet fever and influenza. The narrator explains the structure of the ear with the aid of an illustration. He describes the ear drum, middle ear and inner ear in detail. Time start: 00:00:00:00 Time end: 00:05:17:23 Length: 00:05:17:23
Segment 2 The narrator explains how sound waves are interpreted by the ear with the aid of animations of sound waves hitting the ear. An illustration of obstruction in the ear canal caused by too much wax is seen, as well as an abscess. The narrator talks about how children often push beads and small objects into the ear, but that if this happens, they should see the doctor. A mother tries to get something out of her son's ear with a hairpin and the narrator says that this is the wrong thing to do. Next, diseases of the middle ear are discussed. He explains how colds produce mucus which can infect the eustachean tube. A mother wraps up her daughter who has a cold and puts her to bed. Children play a 'ring around the roses' type game, smelling flowers, which teaches them how to breathe correctly. Time start: 00:05:17:23 Time end: 00:09:30:01 Length: 00:04:12:03
Segment 3 An animation shows how a bad cold may affect the middle ear, breaking the ear drum and producing discharge. The narrator explains how to look after a child when discharge is being produced - cleaning the ear with cotton wool. A little girl with adenoids is seen in school; she looks glum and tired. Illustrations what adenoids are and where they occur. The little girl is seen playing with other children after having an operation to remove the adenoids. The narrator summarises the key points of the film, including looking after children when they have a cold and going to the doctor if there is a problem. He stresses that if ear diseases are treated in their early stages then suffering can be prevented. Time start: 00:09:30:01 Time end: 00:14:19:05 Length: 00:04:49:04

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