Soviet Surgeons Sew It Up

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1757
Date Released
4 Feb 1963
Date submitted
31 Jan 1963
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Soviet Surgeons Sew It Up. DESCRIPTION: Seen here demonstrating some fascinating new instruments used by Soviet surgeons, Professor Romashov, who is visiting London with a trade mission. They’ve been taking big strides forward in the techniques of heart surgery, and these instruments have been developed to speed up and improve the suturing, or stitching up of blood vessels. Metal staples are used in place of the old needle-and-thread. SHOTLIST: Key scene. CU pan - new instruments. CU Professor Romashov. CU pins taken from box. CU same being placed in jaws of instrument. LS tube placed in jaws of instrument. CU same. CU clamp being operated. CU runner tube joined. CU Professor Romashov. CU threading rubber through second instrument. CU Professor Romashov. CU threading rubber. CU Professor Romashov. CU threading other end of rubber through instrument. CU Professor Romashov. CU places the two ends together and joining them. CU Professor Romashov. CU opening the instrument and showing the joined ends. (This is a new method to join severed blood vessels, metal staples are used in place of needle and thread).
Keywords
Health and medicine
Locations
London; Balham; St James Hospital
Card file number
85959
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
99
Story extras:
Film clip

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