See and hear : the journal on audio-visual learning (1945)

Servants of Mankind tAt Our growing need for more doctors, nurses and laboratory technicians in urban and rural areas is emphasized by the impending new census figures on our sharply increased population. But we also need true appreciation of the work and problems of these servants of mankind. The duties of the country doctor, of the industrial physician, and of specializing fields such as pediatrics are described in recent films, as is the arduous but rewarding path of the medical student from training to graduation (see Men of Medicine) . ■ The call to nursing as a career for young women is heard in such pictures as Nursing, R.N. Serving All Mankind, and , This Way to Nursing. All these films are especially suitable for secondary school vocational classes. That other unsung hero, the pharmacist, has his day in Bill Proctor's Choice and the vocational guidance film The Pharmacist. Here again, a critical need exists for trained men and women. The special requirements of this profession are adequately described. Finally, the great fields of volunteer service and of public health work are visualized in 16mm sound films on those subjects. Sources of these films are at the end of this special report. THE DOCTOR 16MM FILMS The Doctor (10 min) sd. b/w. rental or purchase. EBFilms. • Story of a child specialist. Doctor in Industry (60 min) sd. b/w. loan. Gen Motors. • Scenes of the Doctor in industry from 1900 to the present. Journey into Medicine (36 min) sd. b/w. apply. US Dept of State. • Story of a doctor at Columbia Presbyterian med'Val center in New York and at Johns Hopkins. Men of Medicine (15 min) sd. b/w. purchase. March of Time Forum. • Follows a doctor through his training to his graduation. Modem Surgery (18 min) sd. b/w. rental or purchase. March of Time Forum. • A survey of modern medical practices in the field of surgery. There Were Two Doctors (20 min) sd. color or b/w. purchase. Simmel-Meservey. • A documentary of 20th Century peasant life in the Mexican village of Zinacanton, designed for social studies, geography, and general science classes. Relates the true story of a young Mexican doctor who served his internship in this village, and of the problems he faced trying to bring the benefits of modern medical science to the people, most of whom trusted only the local "witch doctor" whose knowledge consisted chiefly of ancient superstitions and prejudices. 35 MM FILMSTRIPS The Country Doctor (63 frames) b/w. purchase. Creative Arts. » Seven days in the life of a country doctor. The Doctor (75 frames) si. b/w. purchase. EBFilms. • Scenes of a doctor caring for children. Stresses his human qualities of friendliness as well as his medical help. Your Doctor and You (filmstrip) sd. loan. Zurich. • Points out the progress in medicine but stresses that doctor can only help you if he is called in time and if you follow his advice exactly. THE NURSE 16MM FILMS Beyond the Line of Duty (10 min) sd. b/w. loan. Amer Red Cross. • A filming for adults of the work of nurses enrolled under the Red Cross illustrating such activities as Home Nursing Instruction, Disaster Nursing, The National Blood Program and Training of Nurses Aides. Nurse (10 min) sd. b/w. rental or purchase. EBFilms. • A picture of the life of a hospital nurse showing typical scenes in emergency and maternity wards and in care of children. Nurses in the Making (20 min) si. b/w. rental. Harmon. • A study of the modern techniques of training for nurses, showing also the opportunities for graduate nurses. Nursing (11 min) sd. b/w. rental. Association, purchase. Mahnke. • One of the Your Life Work vocational guidance films showing nurses in training and at work. R. N. Serving All Mankind (20 min) sd. b/w. rental. Amer College of Surg. • Scenes in a typical nursing school illustrate what the life of a student nurse is like. Also the opportunities and the work of graduate nurses is explained. This Way to Nursing (20 min) sd. b/w. purchase. Yorke Emerson. • Outlines typical course in a school of nursing. White Angel (17 min) sd. b/w. apply. TFC. . • Story of Florence Nightingale. 35MM FILMSTRIPS Nursing Is A Grand Career (filmstrip) si. b/w. purchase. Harmon. • The story of nursing showing the qualities necessary to be a nurse. Made in cooperation with the American Nurses Association. Your Friend, the Public Health Nurse (filmstrip) sd. on record, b/w. loan. Met Life. • Title self explanatory. MEDICAL TECHNICIAN 16MM FILM Medical Technology As A Career (40 min) si. color, loan. Franklin School. • Opportunities, responsibilities, and duties of medical technicians. THE PHARMACIST 16MM FILMS Bill Proctor's Choice (30 min) sd. b/w. loan. Modern. • A survey of the field of pharmacy showing the opportunities for both men and women. Points out the critical need for trained pharmacists. The Pharmacist (11 min) sd. b/w. rental. Association, purchase. Mahnke. • One of Your Life Work vocational guidance films showing how pharmacy is a vocation suited to both men and women. PRIVATE AND PUBLIC HEALTH WORK 16MM FILMS All Together (10 min) sd. b/w. purchase. Amer Red Cross. • The story of the American Junior Red Cross in small one room school houses and in large schools. Scenes of special projects of the group. Capital Story (20 min) sd. b/w. purchase. Castle. . The work of the US Public Health Service in locating the cause of pulmonary anemia among welders. Charley's March of Time (9 min) sd. color, rental or purchase. BIS. • An explanation of the benefits of the National Insurance Act which covers every Briton and gives him security from fear of sickness, unemployment and old age. Below: these scenes are typical of the 16min sound picture "This Way to Niu-sing" 26 See & Hear