Submarine Surgery
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 4
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Submarine Surgery. DESCRIPTION: A steel walled submarine is being used for medical surgery. The submarine is a giant pressure chamber at the Western Infirmary in Glasgow. Surgery can be carried out at three times atmospheric pressure. The point of operating under pressure is that, up to 12 times the normal amount of oxygen is forced into the blood. This gives the body an oxygen reserve. SHOTLIST: LS outside shot of pressure chamber. MS pan surgeon enters operating theatre inside pressure chamber. MS inside operating theatre. MS surgeon in operating theatre. CU surgeon. CU nurse. MCU surgeon being handed instruments. LAS surgeon preparing to operate. MS surgeon operating. MS pan ditto to MS nurse opening pressure chamber door. CU nurse securing door. MS male nurse opens door and takes out bottle, then he closes the door. MS surgeon operating.
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Health and medicine
- Locations
- Glasgow
- Footage sources
- Templar Films
- Card file number
- 89484
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 134
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