RÖNTGENFILM II - HERZTÄTIGKEIT UND ATMUNG BEIM MENSCHEN [Main Title]

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  • Title: RÖNTGENFILM II - HERZTÄTIGKEIT UND ATMUNG BEIM MENSCHEN [Main Title]
  • Film Number: GWY 1295
  • Other titles: X-RAY FILM II - CORONARY ACTIVITY AND BREATHING IN HUMANS [Translation]
  • Summary: Nazi German medical experiment film uses X-ray filming of adult and child patients to demonstrate heart and breathing movements in humans. The high doses of radiation needed to reveal on film the heart and ribcage are likely to have killed the patients.
  • Description: See Notes.
  • Alternative Title: X-RAY FILM II - CORONARY ACTIVITY AND BREATHING IN HUMANS [Translation]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: GWY 1295
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM-GERMAN Attribution: IWM – GWY 1295
  • Featured Period: 1919-1938
  • Production Date: 1935
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Production Details: Röntgen-Abteilung der Chirurgischen Universitäts-Klinik, Bonn (Production sponsor) Reichsstelle für den Unterrichtsfilm (RfdU) (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: German
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 212 ft; Running time: 6 mins
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