Outer Space Surgery

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1904

Date Released

29 Nov 1965

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Outer Space Surgery. DESCRIPTION: Pictures show an eye operation in progress in Birmingham. Demonstrating a new device - a stainless steel probe cooled by liquid nitrogen down to as low as minus 120 degrees centigrade. It can be used to remove a cataract or weld a detached retina back into place. SHOTLIST: MCU man places glass cap over steel probe and switches freezer on. MCU freezer dial. MCU probe under glass cap. MS surgeon operating. MCU ditto. CU ditto. LA ditto. MS doctor lifting probe off of freezer. MCU doctor wipes probe and hands to surgeon. CU surgeon using probe on patient’s eye. MS ditto. CU ditto. CU surgeon. CU surgeon cleaning patient’s eye. MCU surgeon and doctors. MS surgeon operating.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Science and technology

Locations

Birmingham

Card file number

90479

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

119

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