Photography of Microcirculation of the Blood
HEE-FV-161

Date:
1965
Location:
MIT Strobe Laboratory, Cambridge MA
Image(s):
Black & White
Sound(s):
Silent
Maker:
Harold E. Edgerton
Film type:
16mm, Dupont print stock
Run time:
03:42
People:
Harold E. Edgerton, L. Hayward, R. Schidkraut, R. Wells
This silent black-and-white film features demonstrations of close-up photography conducted by Harold E. Edgerton at the MIT Strobe Laboratory in March 1965. Using a microscope and special camera equipment, Edgerton is able to film the network of veins and capillaries of the eye to reveal the microcirculation of the blood. Title cards identify the subject patients as R. Schidkraut, R. Wells and L. Hayward.

Tagged: capillary, macroglobulin, microcirculation, microscope, ophthalmology, optometry, small subject photography

TIME CODEDESCRIPTION
00:00:01 Introductory information: film title, synopsis, date, run time.
00:00:08 Film begins.
00:00:21 [Handwritten title card] “PHOTOGRAPHY OF MICROCIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD, April 1965, Strobe Lab. Harold Edgerton, M.I.T.”
00:00:27 A hand-drawn sketch illustrates a strobe side light and synch cable positioned to the side of the 16mm movie camera, placed in front of the subject; the person looks to the side so that the camera can capture the eye capillaries.
00:00:32 A hand-drawn sketch illustrates an eye with indicated the area of study (capillaries within the whites of the eye).
00:00:40 Movie image of capillaries in the eye; moving blood flow is visible.
00:00:49 Movie image of capillaries in the eye; blood flow is visible. The image is brought into and out of focus.
00:01:07 [Title card] “R. Schildkraut, Mar 23 1965, 40mm # 2, 2¾ ext., T.V. FILM, H. EDGERTON”
00:01:09 Movie image of capillaries in the eye; the subject occasionally blinks.
00:01:29 [Title card] “Sub[ject] R. Wells – MAR 20, 1965, 40mm, 2¾“ ex. # 2; oper[ator] H. Edgerton”
00:01:31 Movie image of capillaries in the eye; the subject occasionally blinks.
00:01:47 [Title card] “L. Hayward, Macroglobulinem [sic], MAR 11, 1965; 24 fps”
00:01:49 Movie image of capillaries in the eye; the image is brought into and out of focus. There is significant light reflection off eye moisture. The blood flow is visible. Several separate takes.
00:03:42 Film goes blank.
00:03:49 © 2010 MIT credits.

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