Contact Lenses (1948)

My grandmother was an actress in the 1940s and we still have hers from then. They're genuinely hideous and terrifying-looking.

The long-term effect on her was that her tear-ducts stopped working. Many things back then, as now, that public figures had to do to remain employable had these horrible health effects.

Still, we get a cool souvenir and I'm genuinely pleased to see this clip of the things being made.

It's incredible to think how far the technology has come since then. It makes me wonder what the modern medical technology we have today will look like compared to what will be developed 70 years in the future.

This video made me cringe terribly- I cannot imagine having the eyeball mold made, even with anesthetic!