| ESCALATOR CHAIR A special electric escalator wheelchair enables patients to be wheeled down stairs in comfort. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7170 |
| Catalog #: | 138889 | |
| Clip Number: | 138889-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NP 477 | |
| Timecode: | 01:13:10 - 01:15:03 | |
| Location: | Middlesex Hospital, London. | |
| Year Shot: | 1953 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISABILITIES: Inventions DISABILITIES: Mobility LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | ESCALATOR CHAIR A special electric escalator wheelchair enables patients to be wheeled down stairs in comfort. Middlesex Hospital, London. M/S of nurse helping disabled man into wheelchair, she bends down to make adjustments and brings down the footrest. C/U of her face. M/S as she wheels the man out of the picture. M/S as she wheels him to the top of the stairs then stops. She unwinds the flex attached to the chair, C/U as she plugs it into the socket. Various shots as the nurse starts to push the chair down the stairs. C/U of the three small wheels on each side which rotate as the chair is wheeled down the stairs. M/S nurse arriving at bottom of stairs, the man undoes the flex plug on the chair. M/S nurse walking into picture with chair. She stops and picks up wheels and starts to fix them onto the chair. The patient wheels the chair out of the picture. | |
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