The Experimental Psychology of Vision (1941, silent)

Description: Educational film demonstrating phenomena of human vision relating to motion pictures and the perception of movement, light and dark, and optical illusions. Includes references to the phi phenomenon and flicker fusion, as well as an outdated term for a young woman or female student in the title cards.

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Subjects: Science,Film and media art,1940s

Tags: phi phenomenon; science experiments; perception; human vision; persistence of vision; Broadway; neon; neon signs; news ticker; flicker fusion; critical frequency; r.p.m meter; optical illusions; Zöllner Illusion; Müller-Lyer Illusion; close-up of human eyes; eye movement analysis; saccadic eye movements; title cards; co-ed (outdated term for young woman); tachistoscope; perception span; Weston Electrical Instrument Corp machines; opthalmograph; apparent movement; intertitles; demonstrations; test; interactive films

Film Sponsor:

Creator: G.M. Gilbert

Credits: International Film Bureau Inc. Presents

The Experimental Psychology of Vision

Produced at the Psychological Laboratories of Columbia University

by G.M. Gilbert

Distributor: International Film Bureau, Inc.

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Prelinger Archives

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date:

Release Date: 1941

Geographical Location: USA; New York; New York City, New York

Genre/Form: educational

Language: eng

Rights: Not listed in 1940-49 copyright catalog.

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: print

Color: b&w

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code:

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 434