National Film Archive catalogue, part II : silent non-fiction films 1895-1934 (1960)

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1930 waterfalls; Harlech castle, with Snowdon in the background; the bay at Criccieth; (cont.) the sea front at Pwllheli. (168ft.) Refs.: Bioscope, 82 (1223), March 12, 1930, p. 40 [800] "AULD AYRSHIRE" {From Pathe Pictorial, no. 625). p.c: [First NationalPathe]. "Auld Clay Biggin", the cottage at Alloway where Robert Burns was born; the park and Burns' memorial; Loch Loon and the Vale of Stinchar. (159ft.) Refs.: Bioscope, 82 (1225), March 26, 1930, p. 45 [801] CANTERBURY {From Pathe Pictorial, no. 640). p.c: [First National-Pathe]. dist.: [First National-Pathe]. Various shots of the cathedral and cloisters, followed by views of the surrounding countryside. (160ft.) [802] (CHICKEN WITH NO FEATHERS) {From Eve's Film Review 451). p.c: [First National-Pathe]. A chicken in Alabama, U.S.A., born without feathers is shown, first alone, then with other chickens. (75ft.) Refs.: Bioscope, 82 (1216), January 22, 1930, p. 30 [803] CHOLECYSTECTOMY, sp.: [Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford], author: [A. E.] Mortimer Woolf. dist.: [Kodak Medical Library], A record of an operation including appendicectomy. Part 1 . Operation posture. Incision, skin towels, rectus sheath opened, muscle displaced outwards, peritoneum opened; falciform ligament divided, gall bladder exposed; neck clamped; common duct exposed; method of palpation of duct and identification of hepatic duct; cystic duct ligated and divided, cystic artery exposed and divided, common duct embedded in peritoneum ; gall bladder sutured, gall bladder removed. Part 2. Drain inserted. Abdomen explored. Omental band exercised; appendicectomy; wound closed. (703 ft.) Refs. : Kodak Limited. Catalogue of Kodak medical motion pictures, [n.d.], p. 23 (no. 177) British Film Institute. Catalogue of British medical films. London, 1936, p. 17 [804] CLEANLINESS IS HAPPINESS, sp.: [Health and Cleanliness Council], dist.: [Central Council for Health Education]. Moral story showing deterioration of a home through neglect and uncleanliness. A young daughter sets her widowed father an example in cleanliness and as a result all are much happier and more self-respecting. (477ft.) Refs.: Sight and sound, 2 (6), Summer, 1933, p. 65 [805] COPENHAGEN CAMEOS {From Pathe Pictorial, no. 636). p.c. : [First NationalPathe]. Fountains in the Raadhus Plads; view of the square taken from the Raadhus; the changing of the guard of the Amalienborg Palace; the Frederikskirke ; Vor Frelse Kirke; the Gegion fountain. (161ft.) [806] DANCE MOMENTS FROM "RIO RITA"— THE NEW MUSICAL PLAY AT THE PRINCE EDWARD THEATRE, LONDON {From Eve's Film Review). p.c: [First National-Pathe]. Various shots taken of the musical comedy which opened at the Prince Edward Theatre on April 3rd, 1930. The first sequence shows a female ballet dancer, who pirouettes across and off the stage, with chorus on the background; Leslie Sarony then does a dance with the chorus and George Gee follows with a comic dance in which the chorus join. (129ft.) Refs.: Bioscope, 83 (1230), April 30, 1930, p. 42 110