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

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1933 Refs. Kodak Limited. Catalogue of Kodak medical motion pictures, [n.d.], p. 32 (cont.) (nos. 236-8) British Film Institute. Catalogue of British medical films. London, 1936, p. 11 R. D. Lockhart. Living anatomy. 4th ed. London, 1955 [873] CAESAREAN SECTION (CLASSICAL OPERATION), author : Professor Dame Louise Mcllroy. dist. : British Medical Association. Part 1. Introduction. Long mid-line incision of abdomen; uterus incised along mid-line; infant delivered; placenta removed and examined (bipartite); glycerine tampon inserted; uterus sutured in layers; pituitrin injected. (498ft.) Part 2. Instruments and swabs checked. Gloves changed. Abdomen closed. View of baby. Refs.: Kodak Limited. Catalogue of Kodak medical motion pictures, [n.d.], p. 30 (no. 227) British Film Institute. Catalogue of British medical films. London, 1936, p. 22 [874] CIRCUMCISION, author: [Sir] C[ecil] P. G. Wakeley.N dist.: Kodak Medical Library. A record of a standard operation. Prepuce is held on either side by forceps and then slit up along the dorsum with scissors ; redundant skin and mucous membrane cut away on either side and bleeding vessels clipped with forceps; mucous membrane stitched to skin with interrupted cat-gut sutures. Completed operation : circular dressing applied. (123ft.) Refs. : Kodak Limited. Catalogue of Kodak medical motion pictures, [n.d.], p. 29 (no. 216) British Film Institute. Catalogue of British medical films. London, 1936, p. 28 [875] The CULTIVATION OF LIVING TISSUE, sp.: Strangeways Laboratory, Cambridge and St. Bartholomew's Hospital, authors: R. G. Canti [in collaboration with Dr. Pincus and Dr. H. B. Fell], dist.: British Empire Cancer Campaign. This film represents some ten years' work on the application of cinephotomicrography to the various aspects of tissue culture, i.e. the growth of living cells in vitro. (2,459ft.) Refs.: British Film Institute. Catalogue of British medical films. London, 1936, p. 10 Royal Microscopical Society. Film library catalogue. London, [1953] [876] The ENGLISH ELECTRIC COMPANY AND THE GRID (*1933). sp.: English Electric Company, p.c. : British Instructional Films. Scenes in the Northfleet main 132,000 volt switching station (the largest in the National Grid) as operators switch in Barking, Tunbridge Wells and Croydon. Croydon is shown receiving the power and feeding it to the Southern Railway. Shots are included of switchboards, pylons, transformers and a typical 33,000 volt circuit breaker. (557ft.) [877] GRAPH VERSION A. author: [James Fairgrieve]. animator: [Hubert D. Waley]. An experimental diagram film demonstrating harmonic motions. (161ft.) [878] GRAPH VERSION B. author: [James Fairgrieve]. animator: [Hubert D. Waley]. An experimental diagram film demonstrating harmonic motions. (91 ft.) [879] HARMONIC MOTIONS, author: [Joseph Albert Lauwerys]. animator: [Hubert D. Waley]. An experimental diagram film demonstrating harmonic motions showing a dot labelled "a particle" moving up and down leaving a trail and then moving above and below a line marked "time" in curves and peaks. (128ft.) 120