Underwater medicine

Shows the work on prevention and treatment of ailments afflicting divers being done by the School of Underwater Medicine at HMAS Penguin, a Naval shore establishment at Balmoral, Sydney. Shows the treatment of injured civilian diver, the education of medical personnel and the research projects being undertaken by the school in association with Sydney universities.

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Credits

producer

Bruce Davis

production company

Australia. Dept. of the Navy

Duration

00:14:33:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1972

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

011328

Language

English

Subject categories

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Navies

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

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

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Research

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

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Preventive health services

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Scuba diving

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1972

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