(22 Feb 1978) notes: col print
location: beirut
title: beirut limbs
serviced date: 02/23/78
no: ln 90772
date shot: 02/22/78
length: 38 ft
seconds: 61
sound: natsof
date of arrival:

film shows: british red cross members in lebanon to provide artificial limbs for lebanese wounded. limbs arrive, workmen adjusting, fitting limbs on injured, and physiotherapist exercising patient

lead in: foreing help continues to flow into shattered lebanon to help heal the wounds of the recent civil war. technicians from the british red cross have been engaged in a program to supply and fit artificial limbs to lebanese amputees.

feet r/secs
5 8 ms limbs taken out of packing cases
9 14 ms limbs on floor and in cases (2)
12 19 ms doctors, nurses and patients
14 22 ms patient seated on bed
24 38 ms doctors and mechanics machining and adjusting limbs
26 42 ms man fitted with limbs
27 43 ms doctors and nurses talking
32 51 ms man with limb walking between paralel bars
33 53 cu red cross badge
38 61 ms reverse man walking away between paralell bars

commentary: the limbs are shipped in from england by the red cross and then sorted out according to specifications. the fighting was particularly hard on the civilian population since much of the struggle took place in the cities.

there are about two hundred and thirty patients under the care of the british team. several prosthetists and two physiotherapists have beed sent under the supervision of miss sue queen. the preliminary fitting decided the type of limb required, which is then machined and adjusted to fit the requirements of the patient.

once the patient is fitted with the new arm or leg, the difficult task of adapting to the change begins. long patient work will be required before this man will walk with confidence and be able, once again, to lead a normal life.

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