Actions of the muscles in the living model and acrobats.

Date:
1928
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Description

With the assistance of male and female acrobats, Twenties chorus girls from the Birmingham Hippodrome and physical training instructors from the Bergmann-Osterberg Physical Training College, Dartford, Kent, Professor R.D. Lockhart (1894-1987), then Professor of Anatomy at the University of Birmingham, gives an extended live-action demonstration of the anatomy of the human muscular system in both the adult male and female. Avowedly didactic in intention and highly technical in parts, the film is nevertheless not without its humorous moments and has considerable period charm.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1928.

Physical description

1 videocassette (VHS) (31 min.) : silent, black and white, PAL.
1 videocassette (Umatic) (31 min.) : silent, black and white, PAL.

Notes

Supporting paperwork available in the department.
The BVU copy was created from the BVU master video made by Douglas Fisher on an Elmo telecine (27.5.91) from 16 mm B&W silent film. The main part of the film was most probably shot at 16 fps. The telecine transfer was made at 25 fps.

Creator/production credits

Professor R. D. Lockhart (Aberdeen and Birmingham Universities) and colleagues

Copyright note

Wellcome Trust and B.U.F.V.C.

Type/Technique

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