To the people of the United States
- Collection:
- The Public Health Film Goes To War
- Alternate Title(s):
- To the people, USA
- Contributor(s):
- Wanger, Walter, 1894-1968 Kirk, Norman T. (Norman Thomas), 1888-1960 Parran, Thomas, Jr., 1892-1968 Burney, Leroy E. (Leroy Edgar), 1906-1998 Hersholt, Jean, 1886-1956 Mitchum, Robert.
- Publication:
- [S.l. : s.n., 1944]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Moving image
- Subject(s):
- Syphilis
- Abstract:
- This film illustrates the serious problem of syphilis, particularly as it affects American armed forces during World War II. It presents numbers of cases nationwide and in New York State in particular, comparing the figures to Scandinavian countries where the disease does not carry the same stigma and more people are routinely tested. Shown are the importance and relative ease of detection and cure, and a comparison to Denmarkâs syphilis program specifically. Film also includes exterior shots of the Public Health Service building in Washington, D.C., Oregon State Hospital, Arizona Hospital for Mental Diseases, and the National Soldiers Home. In addition, it shows the following scenes: a Flying Fortress taking off, children playing, women working at machines in a factory, people bowling, diving into a pool, playing tennis, plowing fields, and harvesting crops, Girl Scouts marching, and babies in an infant nursery in an Army hospital.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 022 min.
- Color:
- Black and white
- Sound:
- Sound
- Cast:
- Jean Hersholt, Robert Mitchum, Noah Beery, Jr.
- Credits:
- Norman T. Kirk, Thomas Parran ; script by Edmund L. Hartmann ; technical adviser, L.E. Burney ; direction by Arthur Lubin ; art direction by Alexander Golitzen ; photography by Milton Krasner.
- Provenance:
- Received: (date unknown) as a donation from the Veterans Administration.
- Technique:
- Live action
- NLM Unique ID:
- 8700222A (See catalog record)
- OCLC no.:
- 31668925
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/8700222A