Cinematographic Records of Growth and Development

Using the movie camera to record and study the development of the infant and child was initially done by Gesell and the Yale group in the 1930. During the following 3 decades, many investigators, like Myrtle McGraw, Gajdusek, and others, provided a wealth of observational material in this field. However, the technical exigencies constrained them to a laboratory-type setting, or to such elaborate production facilities as to restrict the usefulness of this exceedingly valuable recording and research tool.