The Lotus Bed
Series
- Series Name
- London Line (Colour series 2)
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 3
- Summary
- COI synopsis: It looks like a miniature submarine - but it is in fact a new kind of life-saver for heart patients - The Lotus bed - pressurised to seal the heart patient off from the normal atmosphere and allow him to breathe pure oxygen at twice the normal pressure.
- Keywords
- Health and medicine; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries
- Written sources
- The National Archives INF 6 /1158
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1394/32
- Credits:
-
- Editor
- Adam Leys
- Producer
- Adam Leys
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Commonwealth Affairs Office
- Support services
- Eric Halliday
- Director
- Eric Halliday
- Sponsor
- Foreign Office
- Presenter
- Ian Morrison
- Support services
- Jennifer Lucas
- Support services
- Margaret O’Donald
- Presenter
- Marion Foster
- Presenter
- Michael Smee
- Camera
- Peter Theirry
- Sound
- Phil Jay
- Director
- Robert Morgan
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
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- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
- Series held
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How to cite this record
'The Lotus Bed', London Line (Colour series 2) Issue No. 32, 1968. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/350228 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)