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Historic Diseases & Infection
Educational Film Collection
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In the mid-20th century, huge strides were made in
solving a variety of devastating diseases - as well as seeing a
boom in educational materials to help prevent the spread of both
common and life threatening diseases among the population. These
films are a tremendous demonstration of principles that have shaped
our modern medical machine - research to solve problems, immunizations
and vaccinations and basic cleanliness and hygiene.
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Here are the contents of this collection:
Immunization (2nd Ed) (1955)
  
This film teaches you all about immunizations - what they
are, how they are created and how vaccines are made to deliver
these immunizations to a person. This film specifically details
how the smallpox vaccine is made and used and how diptheria
is treated.
Production Company: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Audio/Visual: sound, B&W
Run time: 8:21
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Outbreak of Salmonella Infection (1954)
  
This film examines Salmonella - what it is and how it operates
to make you sick. It covers everything you need to know about
the disease, how it is brought into the food supply and how
unsafe food handling practices promotes its growth and spread.
Given all the outbreaks in recent years, this film, even though
it is decades old, is still quite relevant and timely.
Production Company: U S Public Health Service
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Run time: 12:42
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To the People of the United States (1944)
  
This is a WWII public education film teaching the troops about
sexually transmitted diseases - with a strong emphasis on
syphilis/VD.
Producer: California Department of Public Health in cooperation
with U.S. Public Health Service
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W
Run time: 20:51
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Ulcer at Work (1957)
  
This is a film aimed at while collar workers and shows how
the pressure cooker in the office and at home can result in
an ulcer. It follows the lifecycle of the ulcer from when
Steve first notices it as a pain in his side and follows his
increasingly erratic behavior as the pain grows worse and
worse until he is finally forced to seek treatment (because
he was passing out from the pain) for the problem and takes
steps to fully recover.
Production Company: University of Oklahoma
Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
Run time: 28:38
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Unconditional Surrender (1956)
  
This film explores polio and how it was conquered. It goes
into great detail about the disease, how a cure was discovered
and how a vaccine was developed to eradicate this scourge.
Producer: Unknown
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W
Run time: 14:19
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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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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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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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