London - Heart Patients Aka Britain’s First Heart Transplant (1968)

No title. Heart patients in London Britain’s first heart transplant at the National Heart Hospital. L/S National Heart Hospital. M/S of newspaper reporters and photographers outside the heart hospital. C/U of camera equipment on the ground. Angle shot Heart Hospital. They are waiting for the appearance of the first heart transplant patient, Frederick West. L/S the Westminster Hospital. Zoom in to M/S of window. Interior of treatment room: M/S as patient is prepared on the “Hyperbaric Bed“. The bed aids recovery of heart attack victims. M/S bed as nurse starts to close the lid. C/U as lid closes over camera and nurse looks down. M/S doctor adjusting controls. C/U ditto. The doctor picks up telephone and speaks to the patient. C/U patient speaking, he can see out of bed through a glass dome. C/U ditto showing the speaker grill inside the bed. L/S doctor and nurse watching patient in the bed. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV.