Machine For Cancer Treatment (1962)

Melbourne, Australia. Title reads ’4 Million Volt Machine for Cancer Treatment’. GV. Victorian Cancer Institute in Melbourne. Various shots of a machine looking like a large X-ray machine being set up in position over a patient. The machine is called a linear accelerator. It cost $75,000 and is designed for deep seated cancers and tumours. The machine also has an output of four million volts which is ten times greater than conventional equipment. Various shots of the radiographer at a control board. (Comb. F.G.) Date found in the old record - 14/05/1962. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), B