Amahl and the Night Visitors
(early 1950s),
the Peabody Institute’s interpretation of the “Shepherds’ Dance” from the first made-for-television opera
(2012 Federal Grants).
The Chemical Ballet
(1939),
filmed performance of a dance created by choreographer Carol Lynn and the Johns Hopkins Chemistry Department for a meeting of the Maryland Chapter of the American Chemical Society
(2011 Federal Grants).
Cinemicrographic Films by Warren H. Lewis
(1932–39),
time-lapse documentation of microscopic cellular processes, filmed by the distinguished embryologist
(2010 Federal Grants).
Closed Chest Defibrillation
(1961),
promotional film for the first external defibrillator designed and used at Johns Hopkins
(2017 Federal Grants).
Coppelia
(1954),
the second act of the celebrated ballet, as choreographed by the Peabody Institute’s Carol Lynn
(2012 Federal Grants).
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
(1932),
thought to be one of the earliest documentaries to record the workings of an American hospital
(2003 Federal Grants).
The Johns Hopkins Medical Units: WWII
(1942-46),
footage documenting the wartime work of the university’s two civilian medical units serving the Pacific theater
(2004 Federal Grants).
Les Sylphides
(1952),
filmed performance of ballerina Jane Ward Murray
(2011 Federal Grants).
Life in Your Hands
(1961),
instructional film for training rescue teams in CPR
(2017 Federal Grants).
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(1962),
filmed performance by Peabody Institute students under the direction of Mattlyn Gavers, the Metropolitan Opera Company’s ballet mistress
(2012 Federal Grants).
Miracle in a Month
(1946),
home movies showing a young boy before and after a “blue baby” operation to cure a heart defect
(2017 Federal Grants).
Pavlovian Research Films of W. Horsley Grant
(1937–65),
documentation of conditioned response experiments
(2013 Federal Grants).
Sonata, Girls at Evergreen and Prelude, Chopin Sonata “Pathetique”, Evergreen
(early 1930s),
two outdoors dance performances filmed at the Evergreen House, now part of Johns Hopkins
(2012 Federal Grants).
Surgical Treatment of Coarctation of the Aorta
(1947),
earliest known footage of the procedure for correcting the congenital heart defect
(2017 Federal Grants).
VT Fuze Collection
(1940s),
World War II films relating to the variable-time fuse, the technological breakthrough that increased the effectiveness of anti-aircraft shells
(2009 Federal Grants).
VT Radio Proximity Fuze
(1945),
public information film from the university’s Applied Physics Laboratory
(2007 Federal Grants).
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