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Breast self examination.
- Gansell, Alexander.
- Date
- 1950
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Description
This film takes the form of a lecture taking place at the Central Women's Club Health Lecture by Sutton A. Williams, Williams fields questions from the elegantly dressed women from the club. Williams addresses some of the symptoms of cancer - often it is an invisible disease. A woman visits her doctor and asks his whether she should examine her own breasts. He then explains in detail the procedure so that she can carry this out herself. At home, as discussed the patient examines her breasts in front of the mirror with the view to doing this monthly .
Publication/Creation
United States : American Cancer Society, 1950.
Physical description
1 encoded moving image (13:47 min.) : silent, colour.
Duration
00:13:47
Copyright note
American Cancer Society
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CC-BY-NC-ND
Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivs 2.0 UK: England & Wales.
Language note
In English
Creator/production credits
Presented by The American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute of the U. S. Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency. Produced by Audio Productions Inc, New York, NY. Direction: Alexander Gansell, script Earl Peirce, Photography Peter Glushanok, editing Murray Margolin.
Notes
The film was very scratched and the audio track has lots of pops and crackles.
Languages
- English