Other titles:UNITED NATIONS TELEVISION (UNTV) ZAGREB COLLECTION, YUGOSLAVIA [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: UNTV reports on a World Health Organisation programme to provide artificial limbs for people injured by mines.
Description: At a World Health Organisation rehabilitation centre a man adjusts his leg bandage below his knee and stands up with the aid of an artificial limb. He walks out of the room with crutches. Shot of a WHO medical officer adjusting an artificial limb. Interview with an official (from WHO?) who says that the programme was started because of the evident need for prosthetics in a war in which many injuries are caused by mines. He says that the Finnish Red Cross pioneered the programme and after a positive response at a local demonstration, the current programme was developed.
Interview with the WHO medical officer who explains that the man on crutches was injured in a mine explosion four months ago. He was told he was getting a prosthetic limb last night and was unable to sleep because of his excitement. Interview with the man on crutches, who is very grateful for the artificial limb.
Closing shots of a mine field, a man sitting in bed with both legs amputated above the knee, the medical officer preparing two artificial legs and the silhouette of a man walking unaided with a prosthetic limb.
Alternative Title:UNITED NATIONS TELEVISION (UNTV) ZAGREB COLLECTION, YUGOSLAVIA [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
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Object_Number:UNT 255
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:
Featured Period:1990-2000
Production Date:1996
Production Country: UN
Production Details:
Personalities, Units and Organisations: World Health Organisation (institution)
Keywords:
Physical Characteristics:
Technical Details: Format: Beta-SP
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 30; Running time: 7 mins.
