A Touch of sensitivity

United Kingdom, 1979

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Episode of Series “Horizon”.
A sense of touch is vital to our well-being and yet we often ignore it to our cost. This film reports on recent research in Britain and America which has led to some remarkable findings.

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Credits

producer

Stephen Rose

production company

British Broadcasting Corporation

Duration

00:50:13:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1979

Appears in

Group of items

Horizon

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

015757

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Touch

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Research

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physiology

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychology

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Senses and sensation

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Touch

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Senses and sensation

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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