- Title: VM-1205
- Summary: BIOSHOCK - BIO-CURRENTS DO THE COMMANDING: RUSSIAN FILM, ENGLISH NARRATION. science, medical
- Description:01:20:54 - FUTURISTIC MAN PEERING THROUGH PORTHOLE OF SPACE SHIP ON MOON (?) WATCHES MAN IN SPACE SUIT WALK AROUND ROCKY TERRAIN. SPACEMAN WITH OUT SPACE SUIT WALKS INTO SPACESHIP CONTROL ROOM IS ASKED "HOW IS MANIPULATOR WORKING". "FINE I'VE ADJUSTED IT". HE PICKS UP ROLL OF FILM OFF TABLE, ASKS PARTNER, "STILL MESSING ABOUT WITH THOSE OLD FILMS". "WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH THOSE STONE AGE RELICS". "I'M EMPLOYING THE BIO-MANIPULATOR TODAY, DO YOU KNOW HOW IT ORIGINATED?". AS HE LOADS 80 YEAR OLD FILM (CIRCA , 1970) HE SAYS, "COME THIS WILL TELL YOU ITS STORY". 01:21:50 - TWO WRESTLERS WRESTLING AS REFEREE WATCHES, ONE PICKS UP OTHER AND SLAMS HIM DOWN ON DECK, PINS HIM. MS AUDIENCE CHEERING. WINNER RUSSIAN OLYMPIC CHAMPION IVAN BOGDA STANDS ON WINNERS PLATFORM, IS CONGRATULATED. 01:22:05 - SCENE CHANGES - IVAN BOGDA SITS ON CHAIR FACING HIS 10 YEAR OLD SON, EACH WITH ARMS IN BLOOD PRESSURE-TYPE WRAPPING AND ATTACHED TO MACHINE WITH MANY GAUGES. CALLED A "MIOTONE" BOTH FACING EACH OTHER AS BOY MOVES ARM, WRIST AND OTHER HAND MOVEMENTS OF THE WRAPPED ARMS, WHICH ARE COPIED BY FATHER. 01:22:47 - RUSSIAN TITLE: "MIOTONE" AND CREDITS. ELECTRONIC CU SHOCK WAVE AFTYER EACH CREDIT. ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS. 01:23:05 - ABOVE SHOT CIRCLE OF YOUNG MALE, FEMALE TEENS PLAYING ON BEACH WITH VOLLEYBALL (SANS NET). CLOSE UP ACTION SHOTS TEENS BODY MOVEMENTS FROZEN IN PLACE AFTER EACH ACTION THEY TAKE AS VOICE OVER EXPLAINS HOW THESE ACTIONS "INVOLVES THE INTRICATE ACTION OD MANY MUSCLES". YOUNG MAN IN SWIM TRUNKS FROZEN IN PLACE AS ANIMATED LINES AND ARROWS SHOWING (VOICE OVER), "MUSCLES SEND ELECTRIC IMPULSES TO THE BRAIN, WHICH AFTER PROCESSING THEM SENDS BACK COMMANDS." MORE SHOTS OF TEEN IN ACTION., JUMPING AND HITTING VOLLEYBALL. sports 01:23:44 - CU SHIRTLESS YOUNG MAN, LYING BACK IN DENTIST-TYPE CHAIR IN LAB, AS FEMALE TECHNICIAN ATTACHES HIS ARM TO ELECTRONIC MACHIN, TO MEASURE BI-CURRENTS WHICH PERMEATE THE ORGANISMS ARE FOLLOWED ON AN OSCILLOSCOPE . CU ELECTRIC IMPULSE ON SCREEN. (VOICE OVER EXPLAINS) CU YOUNG MAN FLEXING BICEPS. CU ELECTRIC IMPULSE. CU FLEXING BICEPS. 01:24:14 - NURSE PLACES SMALL ELECTRODE UNDER ARM WRAP OF YOUNG BOGDA BOY TO PICK UP MUSCULAR BIO-CURRENTS. CU GAUGES ON MIOTONE EQUIPMENT. VOICE OVER EXPLAINS. ATHLETE FOLLOWING BOYS ARM, HAND. MOVEMENTS. CU SAME. 01:24:38 - CU HANDS OF UNHEALTHY ELDERLY MAN, HARDLY ABLE TO MOVE BECAUSE SOMEWHERE BRAIN MUSCLE NERVE CIRCUIT HAS BEEN BROKEN AND IMPULSE COMMANDS DO NOT REACH ARM. BIO-CURRENTS OF HEALTHY PERSON RECORDED ON TAPE ARE AMPLIFIED BY INSTRUMENT AND SENT TO MUSCLES OF BAD ARM WHICH THEN BEGINS TO MOVE. CU ELECTRONIC IMPULSES, HAND NOW MOVING. VOICE OVER EXPLAINS, "NOW IMPULSES FROM MUSCLES HEAD FOR THE BRAIN FINDING UNINJURED NERVE PATHWAYS, THIS WAY CELL REGENERATION IS SPEEDED UP". MONTAGE VARIOUS EXAMPLES WORKMEN AT THEIR MACHINES AND OTHERS WHO COULD NOT MOVE THEIR LIMBS FOR VARIETY REASONS CAN NOW DO SO. 01:25:29 - CU SCIENTIST WITH LAB COAT AND HAT TESTS MOVEMENTS ON ELDERLY MAN'S ARM. CU ANDRE GICHENKO, SUFFERING FROM NEURITIS EASILY WORKS WITH HIS HANDS. CU ANOTLY KRIMSKY WHO COULDN'T MOVE HIS HANDS, NOW WORKS AT LATHE. MS MALE TEACHER SHOWS BOYS HOW TO USE FILE, HE TOO WAS UNABLE TO MOVE HIS ARMS BEFORE TREATMENT. CU YOUNG BOY USING FILE IN SHOP IS GUIDED BY TEACHER. CU HAND USING FILES, DOUBLE EXPOSURES SHOWS BOY(LOOKS LIKE MANY) USING FILE, MANY HANDS FILING. 01:26:30 - ABOVE SHOT LITTLE GIRL AND MALE TEACHER, BACKS TO CAMERA, PLAYING PIANO TOGETHER. CU CHILD'S AND TEACHERS HANDS AT THE KEYS. CU MAESTRO'S HANDS PLAYING CONCERTO ON PIANO. ABOVE SHOT GIRL WITH HAIR IN BOWS, PLAYING CLASSICAL MUSIC ON, DOUBLE EXPOSURES OF SAME. KEYS. classical music. 01:27:03 - MCU YOUNG MAN AT WHEEL OF SPEEDING CAR. VIEW OF CAR IN FRONT OF HIM, AS SEEN THROUGH WINDSHIELD. CU MAN'S FOOT SUDDENLY JAMS ON BRAKES TO AVOID REAR END COLLISION. VOICE OVER TELLS OF IMPULSE COMMAND TO APPLY THE BREAK, SPEEDS FROM THE BRAIN TO THE FOOT MUSCLES". "TOO LATE!" CU CRASH, DENTED TRUN AFTER CRASH. CU DAMAGED FRONT BUMPER AND HEADLIGHTS. SAME SCENARIO SHOWS MAN APPLYING BRAKES, STOPPING IN TIME TO AVOID ACCIDENT. VOICE OVER EXPLAINS WHY. 01:28:26 - CU SHOTS MAN IN WITH MECHANICAL HAND IN ELECTRONIC LAB DOING VERY DELICATE WORK, USING TWEEZERS AND OTHER SMALL INSTRUMENTS. CU MECHANICAL HAND HANDLING TWEEZERS. CU PAN HAND AND ITS ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS. VOICE OVER TELLS HOW THE HAND IS CONTROLLED BY BIO-CURRENTS OF THE FOREARM MUSCLES AND FEEDBACK PICK-UP SINCE THE BRAIN REPORTS THE GRIPPING FORCE. CU MECHANICAL HAND GROPING AND SQUEEZING SPONGE. CU HAND PICKS UP AND DELICATELY LAYS EGG DOWN. 01:29:18 - CU MODEL TRAIN RUNNING ON TRACKS BEING CONTROLLED BY BIO-ELECTRIC FORCE IN MUSCLE OF MAN'S ARM, ARM WRIST MOVES DOWN, TRAIN GOES FORWARD. WRIST MOVES UP, TRAIN ROLLS BACKWARDS. THE TRAIN WILL ALSO MOVE BY MAN'S THOUGHT PROCESS. MECHANICAL HAND MOVES AS REAL HAND DOES SAME. CU REAL HAND MOVEMENTS BEING DUPLICATED BY MECHANICAL HAND. CU STEEL ARM IN LABS MOVING TO MAN'S BIDDING. 01:30:33 - FUTURISTIC MAN WATCHING FILM, SMILES ASKS, "HOW WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN ALONG WITHOUT BIO-MECHANISMS". CU VARIOUS SHOTS MECHANICAL MECHANISMS IN OPERATION OUTSIDE SPACE SHIP AS SEEN THROUGH PORTHOLE. 01:31:32 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1970
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: VM-1205