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616.9 EDUCATIONAL FILM GUIDE so THEY MAY WALK — Continued paralysis by showing a number of children progressing thru various stages of treatment from the admittance to the contagion ward until the child is walking again SONG AFTER SORROW. RFA 1938 25min si rent $3 616.9 ad Produced by the African Motion Picture Project "Used as its subject the work done In a leper colony in South Africa. "The photography is good; the continuity of the picture is excellent; the film dramatically plays the great need of those afflicted with this disease and effectively shows the work done by a particular church organization to alleviate the suffering of the ainicted people. The picture is a bit gruesome. . . It is obviously a picture developed for the purpose of getting aid, financially and otherwise, for the work being done in this missionary enterprise." Collaborator STORY OF DR JENNER. TFC lOmin sd (Pas * sing parade) apply 616.9 el-jh-sh-c-tr-ad Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "Pictures first an advancing shadow covering the map of Europe. From the plague of smallpox, sixty million persons died in one century for there was no remedy but charma and superstitions. "In England, Dr. Jenner is a country doctor. Before a pest house, guarded by soldiers, Jenner meets a widow whose child is inside. He enters to help, but the child is dead He walks through the town to the dairy whose workers, strangely, are immune, although sometimes affected by the mild disease of cowpox. While there, he notes that one of the town boys, whose hand had been cut, had an attack of cowpox. And. Jenner ponders, the boy had probably held the infected hand of his dairymaid sweetheart and thus unknowingly saved himself from smallpox. "Later, in the doctor's home, the widow fears for the health of her remaining child but is assured by the doctor that it is only stomach ache. Jenner determines to give the child cowpox and to do it by scratching the skin. He therefore takes the disease from the dairymaid's skin and vaccinates the child. Jenner offers free vaccinations to the townspeople, but is distrusted and his home is stoned. His announcement to the doctors of London is ridiculed, and he returns home. But the plague returns and many dead are again carried away. "To test his theory of immunity, he Injects smallpox germs Into the widow's boy, previously vaccinated, and then keeps the boy under his own roof to note the results. . . On the tenth day the mother tells where her son is. A group of neighbors march in a body to the doctor's home, determined to investigate. But Dr Jenner appears in the doorway, the widow's healthy boy by his side. "The shadow of the plague withdraws from the map. Recommended for general science classes in the Junior and senior high school. Also of value for college courses in public health and health education." Advisory committee "An excellent film, well dramatized and beautifully photographed. (Particularly useful for] public health and general science." California STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR; excerpt (hydrophobia sequence). TFC 17min sd (Human relations ser) apply 616.9 Jh-sh-c-tr-ad Guide Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures. Edited by the Commission on Human Relations Deals with Pasteur's struggle to institute his new treatment for hydrophobia using serum to combat the disease; the jealousy and opposition shown him by the members of the French Academy of Medicine; and his final vindication after saving the lives of a small boy and a group of Russians TIME IS LIFE. AmCancer 1946 19min sd apply 616.9 c-ad-forum Apply at the Society's oflice in your state Presents a story of cancer and the work of the Field Army. This film has a threefold purpose: first, emphasizing the importance of seeking early medical advice when a cancer danger signal appears; second, the purpose & activities of the Field Army; and third, a discussion of the cancer treatment and the hope of cure TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. USPubHServ 1944 24min sd loan 616.9 sh-c-ad May also be purchased upon authorization by the Surgeon General Produced by California Department of Public Health in cooperation with the U.S. Public Health Service Expository and semi-dramatic film starring Jean Hersholt. Deals with the venereal disease problem facing the nation Contains direct appeal for individual blood tests and urges public discussion of the problem TRACKING THE SLEEPING DEATH. TFC lOmin sd (MGM miniatures) apply 616.9 el-Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "David and Mary Bruce are sent to Uganda by the British government to search for the cause of sleeping sickness plague that has broken out among the natives. They eventually discover that the germ is carried by the tsetse fly. "Highly recommended for college courses in public health. Recommended also for social studies, geography, elementary science, grades 3 and up. Should prove of special interest to units studying the life and labors of persons who have made outstanding contributions to human welfare." Advisory committee TRAITOR WITHIN. AmCancer 1947 llmin sd * color apply 616.9 sh-c-ad-forum Apply at the Society's oflice in your state Produced by John Sutherland Productions An animated film which tells the story of cancer, cell growth, the lawless multiplication of gangster cells, the spreading of cancer by the lymph nodes, and the possibilities of carmg and controlling the disease through the use oi surgery, x-ray and radium WAY IN THE WILDERNESS. TFC 10»^min sd (Passing parade) apply 616.9 Jh-sh-c Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "Dramatization of the discovery of the cause and cure of pellagra. Features the research and field study of Dr. Groldberger, of the United States Public Health Service. "Excellently organized and photographed. Provides an insight into the function of the Public Health Service and inspiration for medical research as a vocation. Incidental treatment of sharecropper and color problems in Southern agriculture." Advisory committee WITH THESE WEAPONS— THE STORY OF * SYPHILIS. ASHA 1939 llmin sd $25, rent $5 616.9 sh-ad-forum Has been prepared for use by schools, colleges, state and local health departments, women's clubs, social hygiene societies and other interested organizations. The film is suitable for almost any audience ,and is especially recommended for young people. It contains no fearprovoking or pathological scenes, but tells clearly the simple hopeful facts about syphilis — its cause, its spread, its cure Also available in a Spanish version title "Con Estas Armas" 428