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Medical Bra

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1913
Date Released
31 Jan 1966
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1What Now, Mr Heath?
  2. 2Research in a Cold Climate
  3. 3Medical Bra
  4. 4Criminal Fringe Sets Hair Fashion
  5. 5Prince Timbertops

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Medical Bra. DESCRIPTION: The Monitron popularly known as the Medical Bra registers the temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure. The nurse has an instant visual check on a patient’s condition while, if it deteriorates, a robot brain will instantly call for the doctor. One of the newest examples of electronics in the service of Medicine the Medical Bra is being installed in a number of selected hospitals around the country. SHOTLIST: MS Medical Bra being fitted to patient. MCU ditto. CU nurse. CU Medical Bra being connected up. MS socket from bra plugged into gauges. CU ditto. MCU patient wearing Medical Bra. MS ditto pan to gauges registering conditions of patients. MCU gauges. MS patient zoom out to machine registering results on patient’s cord. MCU nurse at control panel of machine. MS nurse looking at gauges. MCU patient’s record card automatically put in position to record results. CU ditto. MCU record card returned into file. MCU doctor removing record card to look at results. CU doctor. CU record card. The Monitron.
Keywords
Health and medicine; Fashion and costume
Locations
Sussex; Crawley Hospital
Card file number
90691
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
116
Story extras:

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