Description: Segment 1 Opening Credits. A mechanical respirator (iron lung) is shown being prepared for a patient. It is plugged in and a rubber membrane fitted.A female patient is shown being placed in the machine by two nurses and a doctor. The patient's head is inserted through the membrane and then her neck is lubricated with lanolin (to prevent chaffing on the neck). The patient is fed and groomed. Time start:00:00:00:00 Time end: 00:06:59:00 Length: 00:06:59:00 Segment 2 She is only partially paralysed which means that the machine can be unhinged, then adjusted so that she can be bathed she is given an enema.The same patient is shown as if she was completely paralysed with respiration being performed by the Oxford inflator. Intertitle This film was made under the supervision of the Department of Anaesthetics - University of Oxford. End of Part One. Time start: 00:06:59:00 Time end: 00:10:43:00 Length: 00:03:44:00 Segment 3 Part Two starts with instructions as to what to do if the (electricity) current supply fails there is a manual pump mechanism which is demonstrated. Other ways of managing repairs are shown - such as repairs to the rubber bellows.The End. Time start: 00:10:43:00 Time end: 00:14:21:00 Length: 00:03:38:00