Here’s clip 1 of 2 showing an older man’s body being preserved by the Cryonic Society of New York (CSNY) at Farmingdale, Long Island, during the early ‘70s.

Clip begins with an interview with filmmaker Gillian Cummings who talks about what motivated her to make a film on cryonics, the process of preserving a dead human body for potentially bringing it back to life in case such technology is created. One motivation is the death of her father. Another motivation is the obscurity of the field itself, cryonics. Cummings is seated next to film editing equipment and is wearing a coat that has a CSNY patch on the  upper part of the coat’s left arm.

Cummings’ father, Herman, is prostrate on a wooden box. His entire body is wrapped in tin foil except for this face. His body is also strapped to a crane.

A male CSNY technician chisels blocks of ice using a hammer and stake, making each block smaller. Once done, the technician places the smaller blocks of ice into the wooden box. It is shown that the box is actually a casket with Herman’s body now laying within the casket. The technician places the blocks of ice around Herman’s body.

The side of the casket shows the name “CRYONICS CORPORATION.” There is logo next to this name; the logo is a black square, which contains a red circle, and the red circle contains a small white circle, and a straight black line connects a point on the circumference of the red circle to a point on the circumference of the white circle.

There is a close-up of Herman’s face as he lays in the casket. His eyes are closed.

The male technician is assisted by a blonde female technician. Both are hoisting Herman’s body upward; the body is bound by two cloth straps. Once the body is suspended, both technicians continue to wrap tin foil around Herman’s body.