Miscellaneous footage of prosthetic limbs from Roehampton Hospital.
- Date:
- c.1960
- Film
About this work
Description
This short amateur film shows various miscellaneous scenes from Roehampton Hospital. Includes footage of doctors, prosthetic limbs and how they work both on and off patients who need them. One man in particular is featured and he shows how he can perform functions such as writing, handling delicate objects like an egg, opening a cigarette packet and lighting a cigarette using a prosthetic hand and forearm. There is brief footage of some of the limbs being made. A man with a metal (?) prosthetic leg is filmed walking in the grounds outside the hospital and a man with a plastic (?) prosthetic leg is shown walking and performing a range of actions inside the hospital.
Publication/Creation
UK, c.1960.
Physical description
1 film reel (10.40 min.) (8 mm) : silent, color
Notes
This film forms part of a collection of films donated to Wellcome Trust in 2006 by Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton Lane, London.
Copyright note
Queen Mary's Hospital, London
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores2133FBy appointment Manual request