Human Disorientation: Experimental Rotational DevicesMOVED TO VINEGAR SHELF 6/2011

Duration: 1000 ft

Year Published: 1964

Creator: Jack Lieb Productions

Complete Record: experiments with disorientation, weightlessness, very interesting, offbeat shots of men and machines Two men sit in room, room is spinning. They get up and look out the window as it spins. Optical illusion, window frame spinning with tube through it. Train speeds by. Merry-go-round with kids and parents, sailors get on. Young man is in endurance test on rotating chair. Graphic of eardrums superimposed over face. Navy plane in flight. POV of pilot as he spins around. Cockpit with control panel. Scientist watches as young man performs different disorientation tests. Rotation Room. Three men get inside for more tests. Man gets in moving chair to test inner ears and vision. More tests in rotating room. Men try and walk a straight line. Proves to be difficult. Three men in separate chairs and are asked to perform different tasks. Canal sickness - vomit The men are asked to walk along wooden rail as room rotates. After time, they can adapt. Men have adapted to rotation now and can perform tasks efficiently. They eat food. Men exit rotating room. Are now disoriented on solid ground. Men in rotating room control center. Airplane in flight over ocean. Inside plane. Cockpit condolers, POV of pilot. Men inside plane, navigating. More tests in Slow Rotation Room. Plane in flight. Inside plane. Pilot, controls. Another test in Slow Rotation Room. Duplicating flight maneuvers. Men experience weightlessness in plane. (Zero G) Another graphic of objects in space, rotating causes artificial gravity. Man demonstrates this force by spinning a bucket of water tied to a rope. More graphics. Men in control room for Slow Rotation Room. More young men performing tests. Man gets blood drawn from his finger in Slow Rotation Room. Other medical tests. Drug experiments with monkeys. Monkey without drugs throws up. Rotating chair tests. Electrodes attached to man’s head, graphs evaluated. Tilting, rotating platform tested.