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Cancer Clinic
Series title:On the SpotHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Item number (ISN):152850Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: 1982-1985Accession:1985-0525Media:FilmRelease date:1954Production company:National Film BoardProduction credit:director, Allen Stark; producer, Bernard Devlin; photography, Donald Wilder; editing, David Mayerovitch; host, Fred DavisDescription:Fighting cancer. Supporting institutions, doctors and researchers spend their every day battling against the dreaded disease. How and where this struggle takes place is the subject of this film. The viewer is taken on a tour of a Montreal hospital cancer clinic. Numerous interviews take place: doctors interviews a patient, Fred Davis, the animator, interviews doctors (Dr. Pierce, Dr. Morton and Dr. Simard) and an interview with a cancer patient regarding diagnosis procedures takes place. Dr. Jean Bouchard, president of the National Cancer Institute, is also shown in interview. Noteworthy pictorials: a rotational X-Ray Therapy Machine is being used; an X-Ray Applicator searches for cancer in body cavities; a geiger counter is being used for analysis; a view of Mr. Durocher now and Mr. Durocher 12 years ago whose lower lip was infested with cancer - in a photograph. <15mn>.Language:EnglishOriginal number:106B 0154 104Notes:Detailed holdings information: -
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