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Frontiers Of Medicine

Date released

1965

Series name

Look At Life

Issue no

319

NoS ID

350486

Story no

1 / 1

BFI synopsis: Machines are playing a great part in modern experimental medicine, from heart resuscitation to artificial kidneys to a combination of X-ray and tv for stomach action vision.

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Electric Heart (1999 Video)

Producer

Dev Varma

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Examines the work of US heart specialist Michael DeBakey and his colleagues, who have been working to perfect a new generation of miniature pumps that could make permanent artificial hearts a reality. Charts...

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Fanny och Alexander (1982 Film)

aka: Fanny and Alexander

Director

Ingmar Bergman

Producer

Jorn Donner

Feature film. Set in a Swedish provincial town in 1907 depicting the lives of the theatrical Ekdahl family through their siblings Fanny and Alexander. After a Christmas celebration, their beloved father,...

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Life Without Heart and Lungs (1974 Video)

Director

John Metcalfe

Producer

John Metcalfe

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. b&w. 19 min.

The surgical repair of human hearts requires that the heart itself be temporarily out of action during the period of operation. Heart-lung machines are available to provide circulating blood to the brain and...

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Rise of the Robots, The (Ri Christmas Lectures 2000) (2001)

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 5 x 50 minutes), £19.99 each part £79.99 set

A series of lectures given by Professor Kevin Warwick of Reading University, looking at the history of robots and their future.

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Heart and Sole (1985 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

Thrombosis can be caused by clots formed after surgery. Now doctors believe that they can prevent it with the discovery of a natural pump in the sole of the foot that sends blood back through the veins....

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Children of the Dead (1996 Video)

Producer

Anna Laura Malago

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1998 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

A discussion about the right of women to be inseminated with the sperm of their dead husbands, in light of the case of Diane Blood, who is fighting for the right to have the babyshe and her late husband...

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Louis Malle Documentary Collection, The

Director

Louis Malle

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 818 minutes), £51.86

Malle’s little known body of work as a documentary filmmaker shows both the discerning eye of a true artist and the investigatory skills of a great journalist. This collection includes: VIVE LE TOUR...

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Maths in a Box (15 Parts) (1999 Video)

Subject

Mathematics; Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 21- 50 min. each, 1999 sale: £35.00 (+VAT +p&p) each part 1999 sale: £150.00 (+VAT +p&p) set of any 5 parts

Series of video programmes on topics in mathematics. Each programme includes and event, a question and a solution. 1: A parachutist descends. A force decelerates the body (the parachute) while a force tries...

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