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Tuesday, February 01, 2005

Tin Facial Prosthetics by Ladd and Wood

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View amazing silent film clips of Anna Coleman Ladd and Francis Derwent Wood making and fitting tin facial prosthetics to injured servicemen circa 1916.

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The film is approximately three minutes long, and may take a while to download, so we have provided two movies. We recommend you stick with the small version below if you have a slow connection speed.

Small version: 2.5 MB. Requires the latest Apple Quicktime plug-in.











Large version: View film clip 7 MB

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shots from the film