Lifeline (1970)
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Length
- 1 season, 1 episode
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The series follows real doctors in the late 1970s as they handle patients in emergency rooms and operating rooms. It shows the stress of trauma cases and the daily pressures of medical staff.
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What happens
Lifeline is a documentary television program broadcast on the NBC television network between September and December 1978. It documented the daily routines of some of the most successful doctors of the time, centered on real-life cases and trauma issues, as well as the stresses of the medical staff in the attempt to interpret the end results. It debuted in 1978 with a two-hour documentary, entitled "A Doctor's Story", which focused on the life of a trauma surgeon in and out of the emergency room. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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