Film Record: Project Long Neck

Still image of a giraffe from Project Long Neck in the PSA Journal, Oct. 1963, 40.

Date produced: 1963

Filmmaker(s):

Frederick C. Harshbarger

Languages:

English

Length:

363 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Colour

Sound Notes:

Optical

Awards/Recognition:

PSA Ten Best 1963

Description:

"As part of the general program of heart research, studies are being made to determine how the body's blood pressure can compensate for sudden and extreme differences in elevation. At the San Diego Zoo, the long-necked animals - the giraffe, the horse and the llama - are used in this research project. By surgical procedure, devices are inserted in the animal's body which measure and record the external actions and the internal natural control mechanism of the heart. The information compiled from these studies will aid greatly in man's effort to understand the complexities of the body" PSA Journal, Oct. 1963, 41.

Locations:

• San Diego, California (Filming)

Subjects:

• Zoos
•      Geography
•      United States
•           California

Genre:

• Nature

Form:

• Short

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