Classic Infectious Diseases DVD - Polio, Influenza, VD Start Price USD 9.97 Current Price USD 9.97 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, August 27, 2008 End Time Wednesday, September 03, 2008 Location Anderson, SC See more about 'Classic Infectious Diseases DVD - Polio, Influenza, VD' Description The Historical Archive Sample Page Search 100's of DVD's and CD's in our eBay Store: Visit my eBay Store: The Historical Archive Or Visit a Specific Store Category Collections at Savings Advertising History American Indian Americana Antique Books on CD Antique Maps on CD Auto History Civil War Fairs & Festivals Historic Photo CDs Myth, Legend & Folklore Railroads Religious Collections Revolutionary War Space History Vintage Audio/Video CDs World at War NEW CATEGORIES: News of the Day U.S. Presidents Atomic & Nuclear Weapons Tests Old Time Radio Collections (Links open in new window) Historic Diseases & Infection Educational Film Collection In the mid-20th century, huge strides were made in solving a variety of devastating diseases - as well as seeing a boom in educational materials to help prevent the spread of both common and life threatening diseases among the population. These films are a tremendous demonstration of principles that have shaped our modern medical machine - research to solve problems, immunizations and vaccinations and basic cleanliness and hygiene. Here are the contents of this collection:   Health: Your Cleanliness (1953) This film demonstrates the importance of cleanliness in science and medicine as a frontline protection against disease. It illustration how washing hands, bathing, care of the teeth and hair, proper eathing habits and more are the cornerstone desirable habits to develop to life a happy and healthy life. Production Company: Centron Productions Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Run time: 11:42 Immunization (2nd Ed) (1955) This film teaches you all about immunizations - what they are, how they are created and how vaccines are made to deliver these immunizations to a person. This film specifically details how the smallpox vaccine is made and used and how diptheria is treated. Production Company: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Audio/Visual: sound, B&W Run time: 8:21 Outbreak of Salmonella Infection (1954) This film examines Salmonella - what it is and how it operates to make you sick. It covers everything you need to know about the disease, how it is brought into the food supply and how unsafe food handling practices promotes its growth and spread. Given all the outbreaks in recent years, this film, even though it is decades old, is still quite relevant and timely. Production Company: U S Public Health Service Audio/Visual: sound, color Run time: 12:42 To the People of the United States (1944) This is a WWII public education film teaching the troops about sexually transmitted diseases - with a strong emphasis on syphilis/VD. Producer: California Department of Public Health in cooperation with U.S. Public Health Service Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W Run time: 20:51 Ulcer at Work (1957) This is a film aimed at while collar workers and shows how the pressure cooker in the office and at home can result in an ulcer. It follows the lifecycle of the ulcer from when Steve first notices it as a pain in his side and follows his increasingly erratic behavior as the pain grows worse and worse until he is finally forced to seek treatment (because he was passing out from the pain) for the problem and takes steps to fully recover. Production Company: University of Oklahoma Audio/Visual: sound, b&w Run time: 28:38 Unconditional Surrender (1956) This film explores polio and how it was conquered. It goes into great detail about the disease, how a cure was discovered and how a vaccine was developed to eradicate this scourge. Producer: Unknown Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W Run time: 14:19 Joan Avoids a Cold (1947) This film discusses ways children can avoid spreading germs to one another when one of them is sick. Producer: Coronet Instructional Films Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White Run time: 10:24 Sniffles and Sneezes (1955) This film shows how when children are sick, they can very easily and carelessly spread their sickness to others. Producer: Audio Productions, Inc. Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White Run time: 9:43 Preventing the Spread of Disease (1940) This film explores how basic hygiene habits and systems to provide safe drinking water, proper sewage disposal, etc. works tokeep everyone safe and healthy. It also deomstrates steps individuals can take to ensure they are healthy - staying away from sick people, getting vaccinations, good nutrition, exercise and rest. Producer: National Motion Picture Company Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White Run time: 10:48 On the Firing Line (ca. 1936) This film shows the steps being taken to fight tuberculosis. It includes a variety of statistics on how tuberculosis affects people in different demographic groups and footage of treatment centers and mobile health clinics. Producer: Courier Productions, Inc. Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White Run time: 19:13 Please visit Our About Me Page to Learn More about Us! This product is a DVD. It is region free so it can play on DVD players anywhere in the world. All our DVDs are professionally produced and packaged in DVD cases. This allows you to easily store them with your DVD collection. Our DVDs are designed to play on all home DVD players and all computer DVD players. They are region free, NTSC productions. 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