Emergency resuscitation. Part 1 Breathing for others.

Date:
1963
  • Film

About this work

Description

A Naval training film in four parts made for the R.N.M.S. This is Part 1: Breathing for others. An evocative safety film which begins with a number of stark reminders over the importance of air with a number of dramatised scenes such as drowing, carbon monoxide poisoning can lead to death. The action of the lungs is explained graphically. Resuscitation is explained. A sword swallower demonstrates how the air passage can be fully opened.

Publication/Creation

England : Stewart Hardy Films Productions, 1963.

Physical description

2 film reels (14 min. each) : sound, colour, 16 mm

Contributors

Notes

The full film is available under BMA224
Both the films are acetic.
Print by technicolor. RCA Sound Recording.
There are a few clicks and jumps in the soundtrack.
The opening intertitle is a list of thanks to, amongst others, the War Office and the British Medical Association.

Creator/production credits

Production and direction Guy Fergusson. A Stewart Hardy Films Productions. (Made for R.N.M.S.)

Copyright note

Crown Copyright

Type/Technique

Languages

Where to find it

  • Copy 1

    Location Access
    Closed stores
    4202F
    Can't be requested

    Note

  • Copy 2

    Location Access
    Closed stores
    4202F
    Can't be requested

    Note

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