Light in our darkness.

Date:
1954
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About this work

Description

A look at the Occupational Health Centre at the F. H. LLoyd steelworks which at the time the film was made was the largest in the British Empire. Footage of the foundry in operation includes: workers in the foundry arriving and leaving through factory gates; workers being treated for minor injures by a nurse and a doctor; a man having his leg bandaged; chest x-ray being taken; a man undergoing physical examination (it is explained that all personnel are given a full medical prior to being engaged); apprentices being weighed and also drinking milk; workers having physiotherapy and chiropody; an eye examination; the sterilisation of instruments; drug cabinets; 'burly' workers taking baths and showers; workers in protective clothing including respirators; demonstration of effectiveness of a protective facial respirator.

Publication/Creation

1954.

Physical description

1 videocassette (13:05 min.) (DIGIBETA) : sound, black and white
1 DVD (13:05 min.) : sound, black and white ; 12 cm

Copyright note

Not known.

Notes

This film forms part of a group of films donated to the Wellcome Trust in 2006 by The British Medical Association.

Creator/production credits

Technical Supervision J. S. Minton, Photography Alfred Kerntiff, Sound C. W. Green. Script and Narration by Dr. A. B. Davies. Directed by John S. Abbott, Jnr. Devised and Produced by Edward Cook. Produced by Big Six Film Unit.

Language note

In English.

Type/Technique

Languages

Where to find it

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    BMAS096

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    Closed stores
    BMAD096

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