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Arm amputees in industry.

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<p>This professionally assembled film made by the highly regarded ICI Film Unit starts with an exterior shot of the hospital. At the outset, the film is extremely graphic in nature. It is also beautifully shot - of the amputation of the lower arm of a man as a result of gun-shot wounds; gun shot is also removed. This part of the film is clinical in nature. The man is then shown in rehabilitation looking well-recovered. Other patients without limbs are shown; a man who had both arms amputated goes through physiotherapy; his shoulders are exercised. The patient is then referred to occuptational health and then receives delivery of his artificial arms. He practises in front of a mirror. The patient practises accurate control with his hook such as eating with a knife and fork. In the occupational health department, different patients are shown using different prosthetics. Moving into industry, people are shown at work going about their daily work in offices with their artificial arms and hands. A woman is shown operating a telephone switchboard in a London hospital. Limb amputees are shown in industry - in a factory. A timber merchant is seen driving his van and going about his business. A butcher who is a single arm amputee is seen at work. Another limb amputee is seen at work in the prosthetic unit at Queen Mary s Hospital, Roehampton.</p>

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Arm amputees in industry.

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