| Neurological Institute/Hospital | ||
|---|---|---|
| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 2491 |
| Catalog #: | 487311 | |
| Clip Number: | 487311-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | Cuba 8-B | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Havana, Cuba | |
| Year Shot: | 1996 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Psychiatry / Mental Illness | |
| Description: | 00:16:58:- MS of a patient at a neurological hospital getting his/her back rubbed by a ward aide. MS interview with a doctor in residence at the facility. MS of a wheelchair parked by a patient room door. MS of an old man walking with assistance of parallel bars. CU of an acupuncture needle in a patient's forearm. MS of a young boy, a patient, working arm strength and coordination with a ward aide. MS's of empty hospital beds. 00:18:22:- MS's of a female lab technician sitting before an analysis machine, working. ECU of a mouse brain in some sort of petri dish as a technician struggles to keep the brain stationary in shallow liquid. Panning CU of several multi-colored jars. CU of a surgical razor and a removed mouse brain on a cloth. High angle CU of several healthy white mice in a cage. High angle CU of several prone white mice lting on top of a cage; there are surgical wounds to the back of their heads; so still, seemingly lobotomized; a technician (in green scrubs) lifts the lid, grabs a mouse by its tail and puts it next to the alive yet decentrailized rats. ECU's and CU's of white mice-- their heads lodged firmly in elaborate vices-- undergoing experimental brain surgery. Good shots of the doctors and assistants as they perform. 00:22:10:- CU's of a computer screen; a programmer describes the program and shows imaged CAT scans. | |
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