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1938 HEALTH: Iron Lung delivered by plane to Stamford to save life
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3:01Now PlayingDate: 31st October 1938
Location: ENGLAND - Stamford, Heston, London, Wittering
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATI0N: Iron Lung goes by plane to save a life
ENGLAND: Lincolnshire: Stamford:
Hospital where 30-year-old woman is suffering from Infantile paralysis: doctor ringing for an iron lung: Emergency Bed Service chart (showing that all iron lungs already in use): manufacturer on phone saying that iron lung has just been delivered to Gaumont British news: telephonists at work; Heston air offices: Gaumont British car arriving at airport: official sorting out permission to land at Wittering: iron lung being boarded onto plane at Heston: Air Ministry building in London: plane takes off from Heston: interior of plane in flight: plane on tarmac at Wittering and ambulance transporting it to Heston: iron lung being rushed into hospital: iron lung in hospital: doctors and nurses with equipment: exterior of hospital:
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