Lease of life
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Presents the Victorian Cancer Institute’s 4MeV linear accelerator. An important weapon against cancer, it is used for deep X-ray therapy. Traces a case history of a woman who is eventually restored to her family by the special treatment made possible by the accelerator. Narrated by Marcia Hart. Filmed at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute in Melbourne, Victoria.
Credits
- Directed by
- Charles Frend
- Written by
- Eric Ambler
- Cast
- Robert Donat, Kay Walsh
- Cinematography
- Douglas Slocombe
- Music
- Alan Rawsthorne
Copyright
Registered 13Oct54 · LF268 (Jul-Dec 1975) Copyright holder: Ealing Studios, Ltd
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record
- Wikidata · Q6510288 ↗ — year, creator, length, country, genre, credits
- U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — copyright
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