This film is part of Free

The Operation

A spot of DIY surgery inspires a miraculous recovery at a Teesside hospital in the 1970s.

Amateur film 1970 5 mins

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Overview

A worried patient doesn’t stick around to see the result of cuts in the NHS, nor the shortcomings of his surgeon. The Berwick Hills Cine and Drama groups play doctors and nurses in this deadpan 1970s hospital comedy sketch, set on Teesside. You know the drill, nurse.