[Faline]

A still from an instructional video showing a mortician recreating the face of a corpse to make him presentable for the funeral, 1938.

[Sharon]

Great find! Imagine how cool the footage would be

[Faline]

I'm gonna have a search tomorrow

[foldingstars]

would LOVE to see the video.

[Rusty666]

cool

[xstunt1ngx]

no effing gloves?

[souris]

more pics plz

[commondenom]

Originally Posted by xstunt1ngx ↗

no effing gloves?

no effing AIDS!!

[Spiffyfable]

I could do that. Funny thing is that in Mortuary School they taught us to use the netted stitches to help hold the wax mold/skin into place.

I have done some Restorative Art but nothing to that extent. The popularity of Cremation has really changed the funeral game quite a bit.

[gatagato]

Some informations about the video:

Restorative Art - A Sub Specialty Of Embalming DVD

Authentic 1938 production (originally on 2 8mm reels) of mortician college students filming their projects. The footage shows them working on cadavers using Restorative Art techniques to restore bodies badly damaged from accident or disease.

The scenes are graphic and show the students going through the process of analyzing what needs to be done and perfoming the demi-surgery. You will see -- in detail -- the preparation of the bodies, the resculpting of the faces and bodies, make-up or cosmetization, and then the final presentation in the casket.

There are about a dozen of these examples, plus extra footage showing plaster cast making on the students, sculpting heads, practice make-up, first aid, CPR, and a bit of horsing around.

• * Dated 1938-39
  
• * Silent
  
• * Approximately 57 minutes long
  
• * Transferred from film to DVD with professional grade, high tech equipment
  
• * New DVD stock but is a DVD-R disc
  
• * Footage is done well, in focus, and despite its age is still very clear - though there is a bit of graininess

http://graveyardrecords.com/product_...oducts_id=1750