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Scinticamera

Series

Series Name
Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.
85
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Scinticamera
  2. 2Oyster Farms
  3. 3Sensamatic Looms

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 3
Summary
COI synopsis: Radioactive isotopes injected into the body tend to concentrate in diseased areas of the internal organs. Scinticamera photographs these concentrations of radioactivity, aiding detection and diagnosis where exploratory surgery would previously have been essential.
Keywords
Health and medicine; Science and technology; Photography
Written sources
COI Microfilm Roll 49 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1458/85
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter
John Parry

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web
http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
Phone
020 7255 1444
Fax
020 7580 7503
Address
21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
Series held
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