Plastic Lung 1946

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Various shots of a doctor and a nurse fitting a girl into new plastic lung and connecting it. Nurse switches it on and doctor follows its work. Girl in bed smiling. Close up shot of the plastic lung apparatus working. A young man, also fitted with the new plastic...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
75776
Sort Number:
UN 1397 E
Time in/Out:
01:57:58:00 / 01:58:51:00
Canister:
UN 1397 E
Film ID:
2309.26
Issue Date:
1946

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