Monkey Into Man

Produced by Strand films company, Ltd. London. "This film traces development through the baboon, the anthropoid ape, gibbon, orangutan, chimpanzee, gorilla and man. Comparisons are made between the characteristics of these animals and man. The film gives interesting insight into the family and social life of these animals."
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Monkey Into Man Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film SummaryAttempts to prove the hypothesis that monkeys' likeness to man is more than skin - deep. Compares their hands, their living habits and their ./ia metao solve problems. Explains how monkeys have a definite social order in which the adult male is the head of the family, the basic unit of society. Pictures baboon colonies, anthropoids, gibbons, the orangutan, the chimpanzee, the ape and the gorilla and notes characteristics each share with man.

The basic story of the Moor, Othello, presented in dance form. Othello, Desdemona, Iago, and Emilia dance their personal tragedy through many variations.

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