Family doctor : (restored version).
- Date:
- 1946
- Videos
About this work
Description
Dramatisation of the work of a general practitioner and his relationship with one family of patients. Includes a sequence where the doctor offers a female patient a cigarette in his surgery whilst they discuss divorce. The film illustrates some of the pressures a family doctor would be under at the time, and highlights that every patient is an individual. The elder GP speaks with some irony about the pressures on his time but his empathy and willingness to help patients reaps dividends in his relationship with the family. This was made two years before the National Health Service was created, and perhaps reflects some of the attitudes toward approaching change in the role of the family doctor.
Publication/Creation
England, 1946.
Physical description
1 videocassette (HDCAM SR) (25 min.) : sound, black and white, PAL.
1 videocassette (DIGIBETA) (25 min.) : sound, black and white, PAL.
1 DVD (25 min. each) : sound, black and white, PAL
1 videocassette (DIGIBETA) (25 min.) : sound, black and white, PAL.
1 DVD (25 min. each) : sound, black and white, PAL
Copyright note
British Medical Association
Notes
This film was directed by Richard Massingham (1898 - 1953), who made many public information films for the British Government. He had a career in medicine before he became a filmmaker.
This new transfer was made from a 35mm print taken from material held by the BFI National Film and Television Archive.
Creator/production credits
Produced by Everyman Films
Type/Technique
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Where to find it
Location Access Closed stores4930VMNote
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Location Status Access Closed stores4930D