The unseen burden

The unseen burden is a short film from 1959 released on 16mm. It is held in the IUL Moving Image Archive collection.

The effects of air pressure on the human body are studied, with emphasis on the protection which the Earth’s atmosphere affords, by enabling men to breathe, by preventing the body fluids from bubbling away as gas, by cushioning the impact like mete...

The unseen burden
Release date	1959
Running time	0:00:00

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internal id

71092

Summary

The effects of air pressure on the human body are studied, with emphasis on the protection which the Earth’s atmosphere affords, by enabling men to breathe, by preventing the body fluids from bubbling away as gas, by cushioning the impact like meteors from outer space, and by removing the lethal threat in ultraviolet and cosmic radiation. Col. Sweeney narrates his pioneer experiments in “explosive decompression,” the sudden loss of cabin air pressure by a puncture from a chance encounter with a meteor in space.

Physical Format

1 Film (0:00:00)

16mm

IUL Genres

IUL Subject

Air pressure

Space medicine

Aeronautics.

Full Original Title

The unseen burden