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
Languages
Where to find it
Location Access Closed stores5806FCan't be requested Note