Heart Man Dies

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2012
Date Released
25 Dec 1967
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Celtic’s Award
  2. 2Export Sails
  3. 3Working Xmas
  4. 4Return to Australia
  5. 5Heart Man Dies
  6. 6Boxing
  7. 7Vive Les Chapeaux
  8. 8Review Trailer

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Heart Man Dies. DESCRIPTION: The death of Louis Washkansky cast a shadow over this dramatic Medical advance in Heart Transplanting. But Surgeons are hopeful that it indicates no major setback for future operations. SHOTLIST: MCU newspaper headline First Heart Transplant with picture of Louis Washkansky and girl who gave her heart. CU ditto. GV exterior the Groote Schuur Hospital in Capetown, South Africa. MCU surgeons on medical team which transplanted the heart. MCU ditto. Pan down Louis Washkansky in oxygen tent. MS surgeon examining Washkansky under oxygen tent. GV exterior the hospital and surrounding district.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Mass media; Health and medicine; Death
Locations
South Africa
Footage sources
France
Card file number
93057
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
48
Story extras:
Film clip

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