Warning shadow.

Date:
1953
  • Film

About this work

Description

A high quality and inspiring dramatisation of the story of the first successful pneumonectomy in 1933; a doctor discovers he has lung cancer and his surgeon and he deliberate over whether or not to operate. The real life surgeon and patient then discuss the importance of every man over the age of 45 having an annual chest x-ray to detect lung cancer. Finally, there is a sequence featuring patients (with their specific trades and occupations) who have had a pneumonectomy and made a successful recovery.

Publication/Creation

United States : American Cancer Society, 1953.

Physical description

1 film reel (16 min.) : sound, colour, 16 mm

Creator/production credits

The American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Written by Howard Breslin, Animation by Sturgis-Grant Productions Inc, Photographed and Directed by Julian Roffman, Score by Gene Forrell, Edited by Stanley Cypher, Produced by Herbert Kerkow Inc.

Copyright note

American Cancer Society

Type/Technique

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
    BMA087
    By appointmentManual request

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