Defeat tuberculosis.
- Date:
- 1950
- Videos
About this work
Description
The film shows how tuberculosis is contracted and may be avoided, and the importance of early examination and treatment by a doctor. This version shows what happens when one of two sisters is diagnosed with tuberculosis - this is after the advent of the National Health Service in 1948. There are scenes in a sanatorium. Events in the story are narrated.
Publication/Creation
UK : Ministry of Information, 1950.
Physical description
1 videocassette (VHS) (8 min.) : sound, black and white, PAL.
1 DVD (8 min.) : sound, black and white
1 DVD (8 min.) : sound, black and white
Copyright note
Crown copyright, managed by BFI.
Notes
These viewing copies have been made from material preserved by the BFI National Archive.
Creator/production credits
Produced by the Central Office of Information for the Ministry of Health. A Crown Film Unit production, re-edited from the Seven League film 'Defeat Tuberculosis'.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores4370D