Reichsanstalt für Film und Bild im Unterricht (RWU)

A silent short documentary directed by Norman Dix.

A silent short documentary directed by Norman Dix.

A silent short documentary produced by Dix-Film.

Short film about shepherds in the Puszta

Wilhelm Emter demonstrates individual muscles and muscle groups of the shoulder region, chest region, torso and abdominal region and the arm in practice on his extremely trained body.

A study of the behavior of monkeys in the African jungle.

Demonstration of the rapid poisoning of a cat hung up in a cloth, strychnine as a trigger of the tonic form of convulsions.

Parasympathetic irritation is generated in the test animal by subcutaneous injection of muscarine. Salivary secretion, miosis, convulsive evacuation of thin feces and severe shortness of breath as signs of intoxication with a parasympathomimetic. The symptoms of intoxication are reversed by subcutaneous injection of atropine.

Compulsory locomotion and continuous circular movement to the operated side without orientation in case of a onesided removal of the cerebrum and corpus striatum. In case of a doublesided removal there are no spontaneous movements with a normal posture and movement coordination. The dogs' reaction towards external stimuli only.

Plant movements in historical films by Wilhelm Pfeffers: geotropic bending of a horizontal Impatiens glandulifera; germination of Vicia faba; development and flowering in tulip, leaf movement in Mimosa speggazzinii and Desmodium gyrans.

The escort vessel with the harpoon searches for whales. The sailor on the observation mast points to a whale. The whale is hit with the harpoon. The prey is pulled into the main ship with winches, where it is cut up and processed immediately.

A rock climbing in the Bavarian Allgäu Alps in Germany. The camera follows two mountaineers on a climb. We see all stages of the ascent, from the screes at the foot of the mountain up to the difficult ledges that require the use of pitons and belay ropes. The mountaineers ascend from Einödsbach to the Waltenberger Haus. After they have surmounted a chimney, the mountaineers eventually reach the summit. From there, they descend with ropes.