Weightless Mothers-To-Be

Series

Series Name: Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

Length of issue (in feet)

459

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Resting on a cushion of air - a remarkable table can detect the vibrations of an unborn baby’s heartbeat and actually give doctors accurate information about its heart and blood system without disturbing mother or baby in any way.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Children; Science and technology; Engineering; Inventions and discoveries; Computers and computing

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1458/20

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter: Howard Williams
Presenter: Ian Morrison
Presenter: Marion Foster
Cutter: Peter Cullum

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