The Emotion Machine 1938

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Description

Titles read: "THE EMOTION MACHINE".

Turin, Italy.

Various shots of a man wired up to a strange contraption and has his reactions in the hand, heart, neck arteries and blood pressure recorded when relaxed and then when a claxon sounds suddenly. A doctor makes notes and four needles...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
40294
Sort Number:
PT 416
Time in/Out:
01:22:18:00 / 01:23:46:00
Canister:
PT 416
Film ID:
1166.13
Issue Date:
14/03/1938

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