[Three Couney Sequences]
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content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences
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content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences
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content: Medical Sciences Film Collection
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content: Medical Sciences Film Collection / Series 3: Public Health and Nursing Films / Genetic Studies of Infant Behavior
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content: Reel OF 222.59
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: On viewing notes, this reel has additional identification as Can #2. 

Handwritten labels on can: William A. Silverman, 90 La Cuesta Dr., Greenbrae, Calif. 13 minutes. Three Couney Sequences: 1. Panama Pacific Exposition S.F. 1915 ("The Innocent Fair" KPIX black & white) 2. N.Y. World's Fair N.Y. 1939 (Nickman Footage - color) 3. N.Y. World's Fair 1939 (Gesell Footage - black & white) On head leader: Dr. Wm. Silverman #15966

Contents: 1. includes scene of a man with mustache near incubator; the shot appears to be a step-print of a still picture; the man may be Couney.  (dim and scratchy). Also incubators, nurses, and babies.  (This sequence probably is an excerpt from The Innocent Fair, a 1960 television documentary about the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, 1915. Dr. Couney exhibited at that fair. See Silverman's article; 2. Exterior footage of building matching Silverman's description of 1939 exhibit at New York World Fair. Also has interior shots of equipment, and a sign on wall—INFANT INCUBATOR / OXYGEN THERAPY / BY / AMERICAN OXYGEN SERVICE / cMCMXXXIX [?] 3. Excerpts from Genetic Studies of Infant Behavior. See viewing notes for details.