Mattress Watches Over Baby

Series

Series Name: Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

1969

Filmed

Oct 1969

Length of issue (in feet)

467

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: A super sensitive mattress reacts to the breathing of premature babies - and gives early warning to the attendant nurse if the rythmn is broken.

Keywords

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

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 47 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/16

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sound: Chris Wilden
Camera: Dick Hewitt
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter: Howard Williams
Presenter: Ian Morrison
Producer: Janice Willett / Kay
Presenter: Marion Foster
Cutter: Peter Greenaway
Editor: Peter Greenaway
Director: Terry Wheeler

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