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TED-Ed 
The Torturous History of Treadmill

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TED-Ed

The constant thud underneath your feet. The constrained space. The monotony of going nowhere fast. Running on a treadmill can certainly feel like torture, but did you know it was originally used for that very purpose? Conor Heffernan details the dark and twisted history of the treadmill.

Credit

Educator - Conor Heffernan
Director - Yukai Du
Animation - Yukai Du, Jiaqi Liu

Associate Producer - Jessica Ruby

Content Producer - Gerta Xhelo

Narrator - Addison Anderson
Music Composer - Cem Misirlioglu

Festivals

2016 Annecy International Film Festival – Official Selection 

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