Plastic Lung (1946)

Location Unknown / Unclear. Various shots of a doctor and a nurse fitting a girl into new plastic lung and connecting it. Nurse switches it on and doctor follows its work. Girl in bed smiling. Close up shot of the plastic lung apparatus working. A young man, also fitted with the new plastic lung walks to the girl’s bed and sits beside her. Date found in the old record 08/05/1946. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.