Possum Helps the Paralysed

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1753A
Date Released
10 Jan 1963
Date submitted
4 Jan 1963
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Camping in Comfort
  2. 2Art Find by X-Ray
  3. 3Who’s the Dummy?
  4. 4Possum Helps the Paralysed

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Possum Helps the Paralysed. DESCRIPTION: At the Spinal Injuries Centre Stoke Mandeville, they’ve devised Possum: a system for people paralysed (except for the neck and head). The principle is best illustrated by a mercury U tube. By means of air pressure, the liquid is forced up - contact is made - the light goes on. Release the pressure - the liquid falls breaking the contact. By regulation, through gentle pressure or suction patients can operate through a relay, several different devices. Many things are possible with this system - even fast typing. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS 2 patients wheeled into ward. CU sign Spinal Injuries Centre. GV ward. CU patient blows whistle. MCU sign Research Department. GV laboratory. CU scientist puffing through tube. CU mercury tube - levels varying. MS puffing whilst bulbs light up. CU bulbs lighting up. CU pan down - switch gear mechanism. CU patient puffing through tube. CU selector switch operating through patient’s puffing. MS patient in bed. MS same puffing through tube. CU lighted panel indicator. CU light goes on. CU phone. MCU patient. CU lighted panel indicator. CU indicator. Patient speaking into microphone. CU panel indicator. CU typewriter operating. CU keyboard index. CU patient puffing through tube. CU typewriter. CU roll of paper for typewriter. CU patient puffing. CU typing. MCU typewriter. CU typing, patient (3 shots).
Keywords
Health and medicine; Science and technology
Locations
Buckinghamshire; Stoke Mandeville; Spinal Injuries Centre
Card file number
85773
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
221
Story extras:
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