| Physical description |
1 encoded moving image (09:30 minutes): si.; b&w. |
| Partial contents |
Segment 1 Intertitle; RAF Mae West Normal floating position. An anaesthetised subject wearing a life jacket is seen floating in a pool of still water. Above and below the water shots. A swimmer in the pool turns the subject's face into the water to demonstrate the life jacket's self-righting properties. Next the USAAF Life Waistcoat is demonstrated in the same way. Time start: 00:00:00:00 Time end: 00:04:38:16 Length: 00:04:38:16 |
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Segment 2 Next the BOT Victory Lifebelt is tested in the same way, followed by the Morner Bag. The final test is with a German kapok life waistcoat with chin support. Time start: 00:04:38:16 Time end: 00:09:30:04 Length: 00:04:51:13 |
| Note |
Material from the film collection comprising of 55 items donated by Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, Oxford, to the Wellcome Trust in 2008. In 1937, Lord Nuffield established a clinical chair of anaesthesia in Oxford amidst some controversy that anaesthesia was even an academic discipline. The collection is a mixture of clinical and educational films made or held by the department to supplement their teaching dating from the late 1930s onwards. |
| Credits |
There are no opening or closing credits. |
| Access |
Unrestricted. |
| Summary |
This is a clinical film showing experiments on an anaesthetised male subject in order to test the 'righting behaviour' of five different life jackets / buoyancy aids (including a German model) in a swimming pool. The experiments took place during WWII. The models are preceded with intertitles with the relevant model details: RAF Mae West, USAAF Life Waistcoat, BOT Victory Lifebelt, Morner Life Bag, German kapok life waistcoat with chin support. 2 segments. |
| Target audience |
Medicine. |
| Copyright |
Nuffield; Wellcome Trust 2009. |
| Author, etc. |
Pask, E.A.
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| Topic-LCSH |
Medicine, Military.
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| Topic-MESH |
Anesthesia.
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Human Experimentation.
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| Place name |
Unspecified, Oxford (England)
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| Genre/Technique |
Encoded moving images.
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| System no. |
.b16759230
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