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Vintage 1940s and 1950s Teen Health, Hygiene and Cleanliness Film Library 3 DVD Collection
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This DVD
collection contains 28 mostly 40s and 50's films created to teach
that era's youth the value of good health and hygiene habits along
with many examples demonstrating proper cleanliness techniques. This
is an excellent timeless collection on the importance of developing
good health habits that last a lifetime and is as relevant today as
when these films were made. |
Here are all the films that make
up this historical collection:
Eat for Health (1954)
  
Ralph learns the importance of a balanced diet and the five food groups.
It shows Ralph finding that he has more energy and more fun because his
health is better from eating a good balanced diet.
Producer: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 10:23
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How to Be Well Groomed (1949)
  
Learn proper grooming techniques from Don and Sue. They educate you on
the imprtance of health posture and cleanliness both of themselves and
their clothes.
Producer: Coronet Instructional Films
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 10:06
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Color it Clean (1966)
  
This film explores the importance of keeping public restrooms clean and
portrays the stories of the many men who proudly do this duty to be sure
the restrooms are clean and disease free.
Producer: University of Illinois, Motion Picture Service
Audio/Visual: Sound, Color
Run time: 19:18
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Care of the Hair and Nails (1951)
  
A fairy godmother teaches young children how to keep their hair and fingernails
clean as part of a regimen for good health.
Producer: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 9:43
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Combat Fatigue: Insomnia (1945)
  
Dick York is a naval recruit who has insomnia. The film explores ways
to solve the problem.
Producer: Wilding Picture Productions
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 19:11
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Exercise and Health (1949)
  
This film is an exploration of the importance of exercise in health and
polularity - because a strong heathly person can better participate in
activities that will help him or her become popular.
Producer: Coronet Instructional Films
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 9:50
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General Health Habits (1928)
  
Learn personal hygiene and good health habits as it is understoon in the
1920s.
Producer: Unknown
Audio/Visual: Silent, Black & White (tinted)
Run time: 13:57
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Health: Your Posture (1953)
  
Learn why good posture is very important to health and how to be sure
your posture is correct.
Producer: Centron Corporation
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 10:20
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Joan Avoids a Cold (1947)
  
This film discusses ways children can avoid spreading germs to one another
when one of them is sick.
Producer: Coronet Instructional Films
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 10:24
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Sniffles and Sneezes (1955)
  
This film shows how when children are sick, they can very easily and carelessly
spread their sickness to others.
Producer: Audio Productions, Inc.
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 9:43
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About Faces (1941)
  
This film compares and contrasts the effects of good dental hygiene vs
bad dental hygiene. It is designed to promote good dental health.
Producer: Sound Masters
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 10:21
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Care of the Skin (1949)
  
How skin works to keep you healthy and the proper way to clean yourself
when you get dirty.
Producer: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 10:19
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It's All in Knowing How (1954)
  
A teenager discovers that eating a more veried diet - including lots of
milk products - makes his life and his bowling game better.
Producer: Chicago Film Studios of Chicago Film Laboratory
Audio/Visual: Sound, Color
Run time: 12:23
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Rest and Health (1949)
  
Dick York is a high school track star who is underpeforming due to his
lack of a good night's sleep.
Producer: Coronet Instructional Films
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 10:02
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Sleep for Health (1950)
  
This film explores the sleep patterns of children and shows how children
can train themselves to be sure they have a good night's sleep. It compares
and contrasts the effects of good sleep vs bad sleep.
Producer: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 10:44
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Tuberculosis (Third Edition) (1955)
  
The film explains what tuberculosis is, how it spreads and methods of
diagnosing it and treating it.
Producer: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 10:05
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Attitudes and Health (1949)
  
The film shows how a person's attitude can affect health. It shows example
of how a bad attitude to a negative situation can cause sickness whereas
an upbeat attitude to a bad event can actually promote better health.
Producer: Coronet Instructional Films
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 9:55
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City Water Supply (1941)
  
This film explores New York City's water supply - how it is important
to the life of the city and the steps that they take to be sure it stays
clean and healthy for its citizens.
Producer: ERPI Classroom Films
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 10:24
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Goodbye, Mrs. Ant (1959)
  
This film dicsusses the life and habits of ants and how they can be controlled
and exterminated with the application of apropriate insecticides.
Producer: University of Georgia, Agricultural Extension Service
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 13:20
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Getting Ready Physically (1951)
  
This educational film educates on the importance of physical fitness to
becoming a soldier and encourages high school students to persue healthy
physical training activities available in their community to prepare themselves
for service in the military.
Producer: Coronet Instructional Films
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 10:26
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Personal Hygiene (ca. 1950)
  
Military instructional film showing how a soldiers makes take steps to
comvince him to stop being sloppy because it is bad for him and what is
bad for him is bad for everyone in his group. The film is used to educate
soldiers on the importance of cleanliness in the barracks as part of a
fit, well oiled military machine.
Producer: U.S. Army
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 31:36
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Preventing the Spread of Disease (1940)
  
This film explores how basic hygiene habits and systems to provide safe
drinking water, proper sewage disposal, etc. works tokeep everyone safe
and healthy. It also deomstrates steps individuals can take to ensure
they are healthy - staying away from sick people, getting vaccinations,
good nutrition, exercise and rest.
Producer: National Motion Picture Company
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 10:48
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Body Care and Grooming (1948)
  
This film shows that good grooming habits can be learned and should be
practiced daily. The best way is to develop a routine that touches on
all aspects of grooming - the skin, hair, teeth and nails.
Producer: Audio Productions
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 17:03
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For Health and Happiness (1941)
  
A film portraying active children in various activities and an example
of what good nutrition and proper care can do to make healthy, happy and
well adjusted children.
Producer: Cornell University
Audio/Visual: Sound, Color
Run time: 9:23
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Meats With Approval (1946)
  
This film explains how the USDA inspects meat to be sure it is safe for
the consumer. It follows allthe steps from a live animal, through processing
at the slaughterhouse and packagign and delivery to the consumer.
Producer: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Information, Motion
Picture Service
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 15:35
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On the Firing Line (ca. 1936)
  
This film shows the steps being taken to fight tuberculosis. It includes
a variety of statistics on how tuberculosis affects people in different
demographic groups and footage of treatment centers and mobile health
clinics.
Producer: Courier Productions, Inc.
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 19:13
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Trichinosis (1942)
  
This film shows how trichinosis infestations happen and the devastating
effect of this parasite.
Producer: University of Iowa
Audio/Visual: Silent C
Run time: 19:04
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You Are the Switchman (ca. 1951)
  
This is a film about cancer. We learn how cancer can be discovered at
home and how it should be checked - actually how any abnormality should
be checked for cancer. It also discusses various treatment ways and shows
that early detection is generally the best way to be sure of getting a
successful cure. It also discusses survival rates for various types of
cancer.
Producer: Unknown
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 11:09
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