Progress on trial

Teaching Film Custodians classroom film of excerpts from the 1948 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature film, "Hills of Home". Addresses the problem of of overcoming resistance to social and scientific progress in the nineteenth century. A country doctor risks his professional standing in a Scottish community by using the newly developed anesthetic, ether, in an operation. His skill dispels the doubts and fears of his neighbors., Deals with the problem of overcoming resistance to social and scientific progress in the nineteenth century. Shows a country doctor risking his professional standing in a Scottish community by using the newly developed anesthetic, ether, in an operation. Explains his skill dispells the doubts and fears of his neighbors.