Movietone Records the Heart Beat

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

132A

Date Released

17 Dec 1931

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Father Christmas Starts His Rounds
2. 2Australian Air Mail Arrives at Croydon
3. 3Spaniards Fight to Hail New President
4. 4Shops Are Thronged Despite Depression
5. 5Movietone Records the Heart Beat
6. 6Australia Honours Trafalgar Victory

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Movietone Records the Heart Beat. DESCRIPTION: Mr Hickson demonstrates his delicate invention for testing irregularities of blood count. SHOTLIST: Shot of Mr Hickson with apparatus on table explaining same. Woman puts apparatus to heart and the heart beats are heard through an amplifier. They are quickened by Mr Hickson firing a pistol. (Shock). Man sitting at table as above. Heart beats are shown on screen through an ex-ray plate. Actually moving.

Keywords

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

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1560

Length of story (in feet)

113

Story extras:

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