Description: Macaque (rhesus) monkeys at Harvard Medical School primate research center in Southborough. Group of about 20 monkeys constantly jump, climb and scamper around large observation chamber lined with wood shavings. They are social and extremely active. Lab environs with baby monkeys in individual cages and incubators. Technicians hold, clean, bottle feed, burp them. Close-up on two monkeys hugging.
Description: Seven Harvard Law School professors endorse George McGovern for president. Richard Parker introduces McGovern who speaks to small audience about his candidacy and the invasion of Grenada. Duncan Kennedy, David Kennedy, Elizabeth Bartholet, Daniel Tarullo, Lewis Sargentich, Gerald Frug.
Description: Debate on nuclear arms and space-based defense at Kennedy School of Government moderated by Joseph Nye. Physicists Hans Bethe and Edward Teller, colleagues on the Manhattan Project, engage in dialogue. reel 3 of 5
Description: Debate on nuclear arms and space-based defense at Kennedy School of Government moderated by Joseph Nye. Physicists Hans Bethe and Edward Teller, colleagues on the Manhattan Project, engage in dialogue. Audience questions panelists, closing remarks. reel 5 of 5
Description: B+W March of Dimes film on polio (infantile paralysis) and development of vaccine in 1953 for 3 types of the virus. Dr. Jonas Salk. FDR in Warm Springs, Georgia. Children walking with crutches and leg braces. Patients on rocking beds, iron lung, and respirators. 1916 epidemic in New York. Lab research on monkeys and mice. Infectious disease scientist Dr. John Enders at Harvard University.