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Skin Bank

Series

Series Name
Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.
23
Length of issue (in feet)
478
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Thunderbird Fashions Are Go
  2. 2Skin Bank
  3. 3Radiation Detector
  4. 4A Steel Wig?

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
COI synopsis: The urgent need in burns cases is to replace damaged skin areas - a vital life-saving operation. Using new low temperature techniques, skin can now be stored for months - even years - enabling hospitals, for the first time, to set up skin banks.
Keywords
Health and medicine; Science and technology
Written sources
COI Microfilm Roll 47 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1458/23
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter
Howard Williams
Presenter
Ian Morrison
Presenter
Marion Foster
Cutter
Mike Willcox

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web
http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
Phone
020 7255 1444
Fax
020 7580 7503
Address
21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
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).
Series held
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