DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS PART 2: UNBENDING [Main Title]

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  • Title: DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS PART 2: UNBENDING [Main Title]
  • Film Number: DRN 2141B
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  • Summary: Naval training film on the treatment of divers suffering from decompression sickness (the bends), showing the use of tables in the Diving Manual (BR155) to determine the length of recompression treatment required, and the need to call in medical specialists from the School of Diving at HMS Vernon in severe cases.
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  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: DRN 2141B
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (DRN 2141B)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1969
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Navy (Production sponsor)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 800 ft (ca); Running time: 22 mins
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