Movietone Records the Heart Beat

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
132A
Date Released
17 Dec 1931
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Movietone Records the Heart Beat. DESCRIPTION: Mr Hickson demonstrates his delicate invention for testing irregularities of blood count. SHOTLIST: Shot of Mr Hickson with apparatus on table explaining same. Woman puts apparatus to heart and the heart beats are heard through an amplifier. They are quickened by Mr Hickson firing a pistol. (Shock). Man sitting at table as above. Heart beats are shown on screen through an ex-ray plate. Actually moving.
Keywords
Health and medicine; Weapons; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
1560
Length of story (in feet)
113
Story extras:

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How to cite this record

'Movietone Records the Heart Beat', British Movietone News Issue No. 132A, 17 Dec 1931. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/3372 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)