Prosthetic limbs. Trim.

Date:
197?
  • Film

About this work

Description

This short film is a trim from a longer film featuring a series of studies of patients with intertitles relating to the provision of prosthetic limbs for children born without arms and legs. This is a trim showing the first child (a mixed race boy of about 2 or 3) with foreshortened legs and blind in one eye with gas-powered arms and legs. He is seen holding a football. This is followed by different footage of an older child in a residential street.

Publication/Creation

London : Queen Mary's Hospital, 197?

Physical description

1 film reel (2 min.) : silent, color, 16mm.

Notes

The footage is faded and scratched and going magenta.

Creator/production credits

Dr Ian Fletcher at the Ministry of Health Limb Fitting Centre, Roehampton.

Type/Technique

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Where to find it

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    5806F
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