Breath Monitor

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

245

Date Released

1979

Length of issue (in feet)

523

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Harmless Harness
2. 2Breath Monitor
3. 3Diesel Drainer
4. 4Ink Jet Printing

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Traditionally, nurses wanting to check a young baby’s breathing did so by feeling the slight movements of the abdomen. This can now be done continuously and remotely by a simple monitor, which detects the same movement and can sound a warning if the baby is in any danger.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Children; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/245

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Phone

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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).

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