Muscle contraction. Part 2, Activation of the contractile.

London : University of London Audio-Visual Centre, 1971.

1 videocassette (UMATIC) (26.20 min.) : sound, black and white.
1 videocassette (1-inch) (26.20 min.) : sound, black and white.
1 videocassette (digibeta) (26.20 min.) : sound, black and white, PAL.

This tape is one of more than 120 titles, originally broadcast on Channel 7 of the ILEA closed-circuit television network, given to Wellcome Trust from the University of London Audio-Visual Centre shortly after it closed in the late 1980s. Although some of these programmes might now seem rather out-dated, they probably represent the largest and most diversified body of medical video produced in any British university at this time, and give a comprehensive and fascinating view of the state of medical and surgical research and practice in the 1970s and early 1980s, thus constituting a contemporary medical-historical archive of great interest. The lectures take place in a small and intimate studio setting, often face-to-face with the camera - testing the lecturers' abilities to integrate visual aids within reach. Some of the lecturers are telegenic and some are clearly uncomfortable with this medium.

Presented by Professor Andrew Huxley, University College London in association with Dr LD Peachey and Dr RE Taylor. Produced by Peter Bowen. Other film sequences courtesy of Colombia Educational Films. Electron micrographs by LD Peachey. Made by University of London Audio-Visual Centre. Made for Postgraduate Medical Federation, University of London.

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