The No-plaster Cast

Series

Series Name: London Line (Colour series 2)

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

1968

Filmed

Aug 1968

Length of issue (in feet)

513

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: ... remember the misery of the plaster cast? British researchers have developed an ultra-lightweight plastic foam so that it can be moulded as casts for broke limbs and a multitude of surgical appliances from contoured hospital beds to footwear for underwater therapy. Michael Smee is a patient and actually enjoys wearing his plastic cast.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1394/45

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Commonwealth Affairs Office
Sponsor: Foreign Office
Producer: Ian Morrison
Presenter: Ian Morrison
Director: Mark Lawton
Presenter: Michael Smee
Camera: Peter Theirry
Sound: Phil Jay

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