An Efficient Substitute - Artificial Limbs… 1916

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This film probably dates from around 1916. A veteran who has had an amputation has an artificial leg fitted.

The wooden leg is first seen in a vice. It has a boot on the foot and looks quite bizarre. C/U of the leg being fitted. Strings are pulled and straps fastened.

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
93515
Sort Number:
ON 168 L
Time in/Out:
01:50:26:00 / 01:51:07:00
Canister:
ON 168 L
Film ID:
3473.22
Issue Date:
1916

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