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This highly entertaining animated film begins as a young girl settles down into bed to sleep after coming home from a party. One of her feet protrudes from under the bed cover, the toes come alive and discuss how painful they are after being cramped into ill-fitting shoes all day. The toes show in a series of flash-backs how they have been maltreated, and a dream shows how they would like to be treated - feet measured, shoes fitted and lots of time spent out of shoes and stockings.

DVD (7 min. each) : sound, color videocassette (DIGIBETA) (7 min. each) : sound, color

The five.

A training film made for medical professionals about the different intravenous procedures in hospitals. The film uses a number of different techniques to illustrate the methods of providing fluids and taking blood using live action, graphics and animation. In the opening sequence, William Harvey's work is mentioned with a man walking to camera in slow-motion. The music is rather disconsonant. The nurse first of all prepares the needle pack. The interaction between the nurse and the doctor is dramatised with a patient, Mr Williams; he is reassured before he is cannulated. Certain patients are harder to cannulate than others; children, geriatrics, the obese and a patient who is laying prone. The narrator extolls the virtues of the butterfly needle; this type of needle is shown in cartoon form. The nurse and doctor then cannulate another patient, Miss Birch. An anaesthetised patient is cannulated using a venous catheter; the progress of the needle is shown in the arm via x-ray. Finally, with care the butterfly needle is removed.

1 encoded moving image (18:39 min.) : color, sound

Intravenous procedures.

An animated cartoon on smoking and health. The villain, Old Nick O'Teen , disguises himself as an 18-year-old motor cyclist, the better to lure children into the cigarette habit. Fourteen-year-old Sam falls into the trap, but after awesome visions of his future, expert advice from a doctor, and straight talk from a friendly lorry-driver renounces the habit.

1 videocassette (VHS) (10 min.) : sound, color, PAL. 1 DVD (10 min.) : sound, color

Dying for a smoke.

This highly entertaining animated film begins as a young girl settles down into bed to sleep after coming home from a party. One of her feet protrudes from under the bed cover, the toes come alive and discuss how painful they after being cramped into ill-fitting shoes all day. The toes show in a series of flash-backs how they have been maltreated, and a dream shows how they would like to be treated - feet measured, shoes fitted and lots of time spent out of shoes and stockings.

3 film reels (7 min. ea) : sound, color, 16 mm (2 prints & 1 internegative).

Humorous cartoon treatment of general health problems: correct posture; the value of exercise and fresh air; the importance of suitable clothes; how to avoid insomnia.

1 videocassette (VHS) (9 min.) : sound, black and white, PAL. 1 DVD (9 min.) : sound, black and white

Modern guide to health.

1 videocassette (DIGIBETA) (18:52 mins) : silent, black and white, PAL 1 DVD (18:52 mins) : silent, black and white, PAL.

A collection of 16 titles from over 60 years of British sex education films, spanning the years 1917 - 1973. Disc 1 contains: 1. 'Whatsoever a man soweth' (1917) (38 min.) - black and white, silent film, warning Canadian troops about the dangers of catching veneral disease. It follows young Canadian soldier, Dick, as he tries to avoid propositions from prostitutes in London. He is encouraged to see Dr. Burns who shows him victims of venereal disease in various stages - explicit close-ups show rotting legs, hands and syphilitic sores. After the war it transpires that Dick's brother Tom has infected his wife with syphilis. They are both cured but their child is born blind. The film has a new score by Dave Formula. 2. 'Any evening after work' (1930) (27 min.) - Black and white, silent film, looking at the dangers of leaving venereal disease untreated. It follows the fate of a man who begins to feel unwell following an encounter with a female stranger. While prevaricating about going to see his GP he sees a poster for a lecture by the British Social Hygiene Council. He attends and hears a lecture on venereal disease. Following the lecture, the man secures a hospital appointment. The film has a new score by Dave Formula. 3. 'How to tell' (1931) (21 min.) - Black and white, silent film encouraging parents to equip their children with the truth about reproduction. New score by Dave Formula. 4. 'The mystery of marriage' (1932) (32 min.) - Black and white film which compares human courtship with courtship elsewhere in the animal kingdom; from mould to rabbits. 5. 'Trial for marriage' (1936) (28 min.) - black and white film looking at student life in the 1930s. John, a young medical student, is led astray by a group of wayward art students into the world of all-night parties and illicit liaisons. A concerned friend enlists the help of a doctor who prescribes a tour of the syphilis and gonorrhoea wards of a hospital. Later in the film a dream sequence sees John's behaviour put before a judge and jury. 6. 'A test for love' (1937) (28 min.) - Black and white film. A dramatised warning to young women of the risks of venereal disease. Betty, a shop girl, contracts gonorrhoea after one indescretion with a cad behind her boyfriend's back. She is shunned by family and eventually receives treatment in a socially-funded hospital. She recovers and her boyfriend forgives her. 7. 'The road of health' (1938) (11 min.) - Black and white film which gives information on venereal disease then slips into an allegorical animated section following a possible road to health with sideroads leading off the venereal disease, prostitution and delinquency. Disc 2 contains: 8. 'Love on leave' (1940) (33 min.) - Black and white film charting the moral tale of George and Katherine whose romance is interrupted by the strain of the outbreak of WWII. George is unfaithful to Katherine with a woman who has venereal disease. 9. 'Six little jungle boys' (1945) (9 min.) - Black and white animated cartoon aimed at encouraging good hygiene among six soldiers stationed in the jungle. 10. 'The people at no. 19' (1949) (17 min.) - Black and white film appealing to young women in post-war Britain to effect sexual restraint. In a dramatic melodrama Joan discovers she has syphilis while pregnant with her husband's child. 11. 'Growing girls' (1949) (12 min.) - Black and white film in which Winifred Holmes looks at the sexual development of young girls from adolescence to adulthood. The menstrual cycle is particularly focused upon. 12. 'Learning to live' (1964) (19 min.) - colour film featuring young couple Tina and Eric. Although there are some diagrams and descriptions pertaining to sexual difference, the film is primarily focused on marriage councilling and encourages couples not to have sex before marriage. 13. 'Her name was Ellie, his name was Lyle' (1967) (28 min.) - black and white film which encourages safe sex among teenagers through the medium of melodrama. Bruce contracts syphilis and has to visit a health centre. He gets treated and tells them the name of Ellie, who he caught it from. She is examined for the second stage of syphilis and Bruce's long-term girlfriend dumps him. 14. 'Growing up' (1971) (23 min.) - colour film looking at sexual development in a candid way. Naked male and female bodies are shown, with close-ups of the genital regions, highlighting the changes that occur between childhood and adulthood. Male and female masturbation is also shown as is sexual intercourse. 15. 'Don't be like Brenda' (1973) (8 min.) - colour film dramatising, harshly, the problems of pre-marital sexual relationships. Teenage Brenda falls pregnant and she gives birth to a son, Alan, who she gives up for adoption. However, Alan has a heart defect and is unlikely to be adopted into a family. 16. 'Ave you got a male assistant please miss?' (1973) (4 min.) - colour film encouraging the use of contraception. A humorous take on contraception featuring a 1970s student as he races round the city searching for a condom.

1 DVD (338 min.) : sound & silent, black and white & color, PAL

The joy of sex education.

An animated cartoon on smoking and health. The villain, Old Nick O'Teen , disguises himself as an 18-year-old motor cyclist, the better to lure children into the cigarette habit. Fourteen-year-old Sam falls into the trap, but after awesome visions of his future, expert advice from a doctor, and straight talk from a friendly lorry-driver renounces the habit.

1 encoded moving image (9.46 min.) : sound, color

A cartoon featuring the character Charley. Charley has the workings of the National Health Service explained to him.

1 encoded moving image (10 min.) : sound, color

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