| SIAMESE TWINS Erskine Smith Siamese twins - born joined at head in Tasmania. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 8070 |
| Catalog #: | 20805 | |
| Clip Number: | 20805-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 2241 B | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Tasmania, Australia | |
| Year Shot: | 1950 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISABILITIES: Birth Defect, Malformation UNIQUE PEOPLE: Twins, Conjoined | |
| Description: | SIAMESE TWINS Erskine Smith Siamese twins - born joined at head in Tasmania. Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia. Back views nurses bending over cot to feed the baby twins. Various C/Us the conjoined twin babies - they are joined at head. Various shots main street of Wynyard. Various L/Ss small one story house where the Smith family live. Various shots cars driving along country road. C/U signpost pointing towards Natone. Exterior shots of Spencer Hospital. M/S name above the door. C/U nurses carrying twins into ward using stretcher. C/U Mrs Myrtle Smith, the mother, lying in bed. The twins are laid out in front of her, she looks at them with a sad expression on her face. Mrs S. reading magazine in bed, her husband enters and gives her a bunch of flowers, he then shows her the twins' photo in a newspaper. Various shots five other Smith children sitting with their father, Erskine Smith, on the veranda of their small house, Mr. S holds his youngest daughter in his arms. | |
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