Surgery in chest diseases

United Kingdom, 1944

Film
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A study of a civilian Chest Surgery Centre, showing all the stages in medical treatment from early diagnosis by mass radiography to rehabilitation and final cure. A patient is diagnosed as having a cancer of the lung, and the operation for total removal of the lung is shown in detail.

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Credits

director

A. Reginald Dobson

production company

British Council

Gaumont-British Instructional

Duration

00:39:42:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1944

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

010466

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Rehabilitation

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Medicine - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cancer - Surgery

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Chronic diseases

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Lungs - Cancer

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Lungs - Diseases

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical sciences

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Study and teaching

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Operations - Surgical

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Patient care

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Radiography

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Rehabilitation

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Medical sciences

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Radiography

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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