DISCOVERY CHANNEL
PROJECT FILMED AT PHIPPS & BIRD
News Release September 14, 2004 -
Richmond, VA - In early April 2004 a BellaSwartz
Productions film crew spent a day at the Phipps & Bird manufacturing
facility shooting background video for an upcoming Discovery Channel television
program.
The
documentary is about artificial hip implants, and investigates the possibility
that they may not have been thoroughly cleaned prior to being implanted.
This has resulted in infections and other medical problems in numerous
patients who received them.
Phipps
& Bird did not manufacture the hip joints involved:
The video filmed at the company’s facility simply illustrates some
basic manufacturing processes to the viewer.
Most of the footage consists of very tight action shots of a
CNC
Machining
Center
and a CNC Lathe at work. A Phipps
& Bird employee provided some on-air commentary and may or may not appear on
the program (the show has not yet been previewed).
The documentary is
scheduled to air on November 20th at 9pm on The Discovery Channel.
Close-up of machining operation
Lathe shot being framed
