The Heart Of A Child

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

195

Length of issue (in feet)

524

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Heart Of A Child

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: When three days old, Bradley Austin - a mite of a boy - was rushed into the Brompton Hospital, London. The indications were that the boy would die. There was a faint bluish tinge around his lips. Almost certainly, he had a malformed heart. But science and technology have improved over the last five years. And in the Brompton, they have gathered together a special team - the instigators of this new technology. The team decided that Bradley Austin needn’t necessarily be a lost cause. On the other hand, saving him would require every new expertise explored in the last five years. But there was a chance. This is the story of how the team took that fragile chance.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 52 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/195

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

Mike Lomax

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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