A record of successful Russian experiments in resuscitating dead animals. The apparatus used is shown and the resuscitation of a dead dog illustrated step by step. The film raises question about the true physiological nature of death. WARNING: CONTAINS DISTURBING SCENES OF ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
003439
Language
English
Subject categories
Animals & Wildlife → Animal experimentation
Animals & Wildlife → Animals - Physiology
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Life (Biology)
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Animal experimentation
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Death
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Death
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Research
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine, Experimental
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Resuscitation
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)