The Growth of Infant Behavior, Later Stages (1947)

Director
Producer	Erpi Picture Consultants
Contributors	Collaborator, Arnold Gesell; made with the cooperation of the Yale Clinic of Child Development
Length	10 min
B&W/Color	b&w
UO Library Catalog description:	Reveals the increasing ability of the growing infant to use his hands in manipulating objects. Portrays the definite and predictable stages by which the hand grows from an almost useless organ to a dexterous and sensitive instrument of the human will. Animated drawings illustrate the growth of the prenatal hand
Call #	FILM Ma48
Genre	instructional
Rare	yes
Online	no
Copyright status	public domain
Physical condition	good
Oregon-related	no

Notes:

Contemporary journal rates it highly (though don’t they all?) and calls it suitable for both general and professional audiences. Erpi later became Encyclopaedia Britannica Films.