Windows Of The Mind Aka Windows Of The Soul Issue Title Airs - Open And Musical (1936)

Pathe Studios, London. The eyes - “windows of the soul“? Various C/Us of glamorous model’s eyes. C/U of rough looking man with black eye. Various C/Us of model dressed as Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. Various C/U of model wearing false eyelashes. Still of model, a photographic camera is superimposed over face - representing idea that eyes are like cameras. Animated cartoon diagrams of the eye and a camera, drawn by Joe Noble. We learn how both work and both have similarities (i.e. both have lenses). We learn why people need spectacles when lenses don’t work properly. C/U of man cleaning camera lens with special fluid. Various C/Us of model weeping - tears clean the eye’s lenses. More animated diagram. Retrospective sequence. Various shots of actor and actress in period costume staging historical event. They are re-enacting Doctor Franz Mesmer’s hypnosis techniques, first tested in 1775. Various shots of doctor in modern hospital using hypnosis on female patient. C/U of Dr. Mesm