X Rays Radiologists Issue Title Is Step On It (1944)

Part of issue STEP ON IT. Ministry of Health building, London. Medical research council take chest x-rays of men and women - part of a campaign to prevent tuberculosis (aka TB) by early diagnosis. Various shots of men and women filing into a room. The men have bare chests, the women wear loose black tops. A female radiologists supervises. The men and women have their chest measurements taken. They are then given a medical identity card. Various shots of men and women having their chests x-rayed. C/U of x-ray negative being held up to light. C/U of x-ray photograph of torso. Very dark shot of doctor examining photos. C/U of certificate declaring a patient to be healthy. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection