Sound Treatment For Hearts
Series
- Series Name
- Tomorrow Today
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 4
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Deposits of calcium salts sometimes build up on the valves of the heart, preventing them from working properly. In the latest technique these deposits are removed with an ultrasonic probe - it’s the same principle that a dentist uses for descaling teeth.
- Keywords
- Health and medicine; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/111
- Credits:
-
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Cutter
- Fred Goodland
- Presenter
- Howard Williams
- Presenter
- Marion Foster
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:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk - Web
- http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
- 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
- View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)
How to cite this record
'Sound Treatment For Hearts', Tomorrow Today Issue No. 111. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/351992 (Accessed 06 May 2026)