This is a 1950’s era, color film produced by Coronet. It is an instructional film called “See Better: Healthy Eyes”. It is produced in part, with the educational collaborator, Derrick T. Vail, Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Northwestern University Medical School. It opens in a classroom and begins to talk about the important things we know by using our eyes, 1:00. Child with eyeglasses, 1:12. Girl squints when she takes her glasses off, 1:38. Little boy is cross-eyed, 2:00. Chalkboard drawing of head illustrating use of eyes, 2:23. Chalkboard drawing turns into animation illustrating use of eyes and eyelids, 2:44. Optic nerve illustration, 2:55. Cornea illustration, 3:16. Iris illustration, 3:30. Pupil illustration, 3:43. Lens illustration, 3:57. Retina illustration, 4:10. Blur illustration, 4:50. Young boy doing homework, 5:45. Sharp object examples, 5:50. Boy flying kite, 6:06. Woman removes something from boy’s eye, 6:21. Boy reads a book, 6:40. Ruler illustration while boy reads, 6:53. Young girl gets new eyeglasses, 7:15. Boy gets eye exam, 7:41. Boy sees an oculist, 8:06. Girl gets eye exam, 8:24. Girl gets prescription doe new eyeglasses, 8:50. Optician makes eyeglasses, 9:07. Eyeglasses being shaped on a grinding wheel, 9:16. Girl gets a new pair of eyeglasses, 9:27. Boy and girl skip down the road.

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