Transplant - Britain’s First

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2031A
Date Released
9 May 1968
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Tourists First Match
  2. 2Transplant - Britain’s First
  3. 3Life Savers for a Queen
  4. 4Moscow in May
  5. 5Paraglide
  6. 6Come to the Casbah
  7. 7Riots Around

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Transplant - Britain’s First. DESCRIPTION: Led by Mr Donald Ross, the Transplant Team at London’s National Heart Hospital succeed in transplanting a heart to save the life of Mr Frederick West. Without doubt, a superlative achievement of surgery, but we still have to satisfy grave doubts about the true definition of death. SHOTLIST: GV exterior the National Heart Hospital - London. MS name on exterior of Hospital. MS press conference - Mr Donald Ross (Head of Transplant Team) in centre. MS Mr Donald Ross. GV Press Conference. MS Mr Donald Ross with other members of transplant team. MS Mr Ross answering questions. GV pan the conference. MCU nurse member of the team. MS Mr Ross. CU another member of the team. MLS medical team outside hospital. CU pan Professor Chris Barnard (South-African transplant doctor) arriving at the Heart Hospital in London.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Mass media; Health and medicine
Locations
London; England
Card file number
93504
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
95
Story extras:
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