NEW YORK STATE 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
ALBANY, N.Y. 
EDWARD S. GODFREY, JR.* M.D. 
COMMISSIONER 
GENERAL INFORMATION 
The 16 mm. and 35 mm. films listed on the following 
pages are lent under the following conditions which 
must be complied with by the borrowers: 
a silent projector. If you have a silent projector, be sure 
to specify silent films. 
5 Date of Showing 
1 Cost of Borrowing 
Films are booked for specified dates only. If possible 
give an alternate date, also a second choice of films in 
case the original selection is not available. Frequently, 
a request for a loan must be refused because there is no 
vacancy in the film schedule for the exact date specified. 
If you can allow leeway, say for a week or more and 
state that you can use the film on any date within that 
period, the chances of your request being granted will be 
greatly increased. Make requests well in advance of 
anticipated date of showing. 
Films are lent without charge for group showings only 
and are shipped out express collect. As the borrower is 
expected to pay the transportation charges one way 
only, films may be returned express collect. Shipments 
will be made by prepaid parcel post when requested, but 
they must be returned prepaid. Loans are restricted to New 
York State. The right is reserved to refuse to ship 
films where conditions lead to the belief that they will not 
be properly handled or where the size of the audience does 
not justify their use. The films are not intended for 
home entertainment and should not be run on toy pro- 
jectors with or without a motor. 
6 Safety Film 
All films listed are cellulose acetate; i.e., the noninflam- 
mable or safety type. This applies to both the 16 and 
35 mm. sizes. 
2 Damage to Films 
A condition of all loans is: The borrower must provide 
a projector which is in good mechanical working order 
and an experienced operator who is thoroughly familiar 
with'the operation of the projector which is to be used. 
Damage to films other than normal wear and tear is to 
be paid for by the borrower. 
7 Rewinding Films 
Do not make any repairs unless necessary and do not 
rewind the films after the last showing. 
8 Time Required for Showing Films 
Running time is indicated for each picture. 
9 Classification of Films 
3 Return of Films 
Motion pictures must be returned immediately after the 
last date of use. Do not keep films in your possession 
after the specified dates. Delays in returning shipments 
cause disappointment and inconvenience to subsequent 
borrowers. 
All film titles are arranged in alphabetical order and are 
also indexed by subject on the last page. 
10 Film Sources 
Producers or distributors are indicated by initials refer- 
ring to sources listed on page 9. 
Application for the loan of films should be addressed 
to Robert M. Crist, Supervisor of Visual Instruction, 
State Department of Health, Albany 1, N. Y. 
4 Width of Film 
All orders unless indicated to the contrary will be filled 
for the 16 mm. size film. Sound films must not be run on 
1 MOTION PICTURE FILMS 
ABCD of Health 
16 mm. Sound 
9 min. BIS 
Cancer 
16 mm. Sound 
17 min. IOWA 
Emphasizes the importance of vitamins A, B, C and D in 
a sound nutrition program. 
Describes the early symptoms of cancer, modern methods 
of diagnosis and treatment, and illustrates the present 
day scientific advances regarding the causation and mode 
of spread of malignant tumors. This film is designed 
for showing to lay audiences. 
About Faces 
Presents the principles of good oral hygiene with clever, 
humorous sidelights. Entertaining as well as instructive 
and suited for adult audiences. 
16 mm. Sound 
11 min. USPHS 
Choose to Live 
16 mm. Sound 
18 min. ASSC 
Truths concerning cancer, making a special effort to 
abolish the fear of this disease existing among lay people. 
Also emphasizes the need for research and for prompt 
attention to any abnormal symptoms in the body. Suit- 
able for high school students, college students, and any 
other lay groups. 
Another to Conquer 
16 mm. Sound 
15 min. NTB 
Story of how the American Indian is fighting a new 
enemy—tuberculosis—with a foreshadowing of victory; 
the facts about tuberculosis are necessary parts of the 
story, not merely information thrown into an otherwise 
romantic tale. Suitable for high school and adult groups. 
Clocking a Champion 
Artificial Pneumothorax in the Treatment of 
16 mm. Sound—Color 
10 min. NYH 
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 
16 mm. Sound 
33 min. CF 
A day in the life of a normal, 
healthy infant who is con- 
tented and happy on the “by 
the clock” routines in an 
average household. The 
photographs were taken in 
the home and show approved 
methods of baby care as 
adapted and practiced by an 
individual mother and father 
who cooperate to keep their son on schedule. Of general 
interest to all types of audiences. 
Discussion and demonstration of the use of pneumothorax 
in all its phases, with special stress on the various compli- 
cations that may attend the induction and maintenance 
of collapse therapy. Bor professional groups only. 
Artificial Respiration 
The Schafer prone pressure method and its application in 
cases of electric shock, drowning, and carbon monoxide 
poisoning. Simple directions should be of great value to 
garage men, public service employees, Boy Scouts, and 
others in case of emergencies requiring a knowledge of 
first aid. 
16 mm. Silent 
16 min. LN 
Cloud in the Sky 
16 mm. Sound 
19 min. NTB 
Story of modern diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis 
in novel setting. Produced for the Spanish population 
of this country, it shows, in addition, some typical scenes 
of the customs, dances, and songs of that race. Suitable 
for upper school grades and adult audiences. 
Ask Your Dentist 
A dental hygiene film, partly animated, suitable for either 
1 adults or school groups. Plaster models used to show 
tooth construction. 
16 mm. Silent 
16 min. TBM 
Babies, Baths and Bubbles 
16 and 35 mm. Silent and Sound 
8 min. NYH 
The Danger Point 
Department nurses instruct 
other nurses and mothers how 
to bathe an infant. Adapta- 
tion of the methods to varied 
home conditions is shown 
with several mothers and 
their babies. (From this 
movie the illustrations for 
the pamphlet The Baby’s 
Bath were made.) 
Shows the health department’s role as the guardian of 
community health and the year-round efforts to control 
colds and respiratory diseases. A special sequence drama- 
tizes the way infected eating utensils may serve as the 
channel of infection and methods of preventing this in 
public eating and drinking places and at home are indi- 
cated. 
16 mm. Sound—Color 
12 min. CCI 
Defeat Diphtheria 
16 mm. Sound 
11 min. BIS 
Baby Care: Feeding 
16 mm. Sound 
23 min. PSC 
An urgent plea to parents to have their young children 
inoculated against diphtheria; shows by simple diagrams 
and microphotographs how the disease causes blockage 
and blood poisoning, illustrates how antitoxin works, 
explains the Schick test, describes von Behring’s discovery 
of toxoid, and shows how injections are given and how 
parents may avail themselves of this service. 
First part depicts in detail the more accepted present day 
procedures in the art of infant feeding, including breast 
feeding; second part, a step-by-step picturization of the 
preparation of a day’s supply of the infant’s formula. 
Before the Doctor Comes 
Official Red Cross first aid training film, illustrating the 
control of bleeding, artificial respiration, care of burns, 
application of splints, transportation of patients, and other 
procedures. 
16 mm. Sound 
34 min. GANZ 
Defense Against Invasion 
A Walt Disney color film, part in animation, which ex- 
plains how vaccination immunizes the body against disease. 
16 mm. Sound 10 min. CIAA 
„ 2 Diagnostic Procedure in Tuberculosis 
First Aid 
16 mm. Silent 
16 min. EBFI 
Prominent medical authorities emphasize correct diagnosis 
by the general practitioner as an essential factor in the 
fight against tuberculosis. The procedures illustrated are: 
simple technic of sputum examination, the making and 
reading of the tuberculin test, the x-ray as a means of 
diagnosing tuberculosis, and the fundamental facts of 
x-ray interpretation. Intended primarily for medical 
groups. 
16 mm. Sound 
18 min. NTB 
Stresses the importance of immediate care for even the 
slightest wound. Demonstrates proper method of applying 
sterile dressings. Shows, with photography and animated 
diagrams, accepted methods of control of arterial and 
venous hemorrhages. 
First Aid 
16 mm. Sound 
10 min. EBFI 
Prepared in collaboration with the American Red Cross. 
Shows what a first aider should do in caring for an 
injured person from the time of injury until the arrival 
of medical aid on the scene. Methods of applying pres- 
sure at different parts of' the body for stopping arterial 
bleeding are demonstrated, and technics to be used in 
handling bone fractures. Includes animated drawings. 
(Different from FIRST AID silent film listed immediately 
above.) 
Dinner at School 
Shows how dinners are served to thousands of children 
in English schools. 
16 mm. Sound 
10 min.- BIS 
Enemy X 
16 mm. Sound 
15 min. ASCC 
Film opens with murder mystery technique, without men- 
tion of cancer, to obtain audience interest. Story then 
goes into subject of cancer with “surprise punch” to retain 
interest and get across the message forcefully. For high 
school and adult groups. 
Fit to Live 
16 and 35 mm. Sound 
9 min. NYH 
First of a series of films on 
activities of the Division of 
Maternity, Infancy and Child 
Hygiene, showing literature 
and educational assistance 
available from the Division 
and the various channels 
through which they may be 
secured. 
Every Drop a Safe One 
16 mm. Sound 
10 min. NMPC 
Deals with the subject of safe potable water, illustrating 
the danger of drinking water from streams exposed to 
pollution, and revealing various steps taken at a modern 
water treatment plant in the purification of water and the 
laboratory control of the quality of the water delivered 
to the public. 
Food—Weapon of Conquest 
16 mm. Sound 
21 min. NFBC 
Eyes for Tomorrow 
16 mm. Sound 
18 min. NSPB 
Deals with food as a military and political weapon and 
emphasizes the need for increased food output now for 
the fighting forces of the United States; shows the ways 
by which starvation is used by the enemy to weaken con- 
quered countries; documents Britain’s and Soviet Russia’s 
need for nutritive supplies from the Western Hemisphere. 
Stresses good general health as a prerequisite for good 
eyesight. Also deals with the importance of prenatal 
care as a means of reducing the amount of blindness 
caused by syphilis and gonorrhea; the conservation of 
vision among school children; the use of sight saving 
classes for children with seriously defective vision; the 
necessity for regular eye examinations; methods of treat- 
ing glaucoma and trachoma; and the eye hazards of 
industry. 
Foods and Nutrition 
16 mm. Sound 
11 min. EBFI 
A somewhat technical review of the process of human 
nutrition, including a discussion of the utilization of the 
various food nutrients in the body, illustrated by animal 
deficiency experiments and animated graphs and diagrams. 
The use of oxygen in the body is demonstrated by meas- 
urements of metabolism, both basal and during activity. 
The film is highly recommended for professional groups 
or college classes, but not for elementary schools. 
Fight Syphilis 
16 mm. Sound 
10 or 20 min. USPHS 
Expository film, how to combat syphilis. Ten minute 
version emphasizes the individual’s role, blood tests, avoid- 
ing exposure, proper treatment, the danger of quacks. 
Twenty minute version includes the community’s job, edu- 
cation, providing clinics, follow-up workers, the drain on 
the nation’s manpower, cost of supporting the blind, the 
insane, the unemployables crippled by syphilis. Both ver- 
sions are suitable for adult mixed audiences. 
For Children Only 
16 mm. Sound 
8 min. BIS 
Illustrates a plan for providing cod liver oil and vitamin 
C-rich fruit juices for children under five. 
Fighters in White 
For Health and Happiness 
16 mm. Sound—Color 
11 min. USD A 
A New York State war film. 
Organization and operation, 
under war conditions, of 
Emergency Medical Service, 
in accordance with regula- 
tions of the Office of Civilian 
Defense. The control center 
of an American city goes into 
action during a hypothetical 
air raid, and operation of the 
Emergency Medical Service is followed in detail. 
16 and 35 mm. Sound 
13 min. NYH 
From a series of lively, joyous children, who from birth 
have had the right food, exercise, sunshine, affection, 
companionship and intelligent care, are illustrated some 
signs of good growth and nutrition that everyone can 
learn to recognize and to build for. 
For Safety’s Sake 
16 mm. Sound 
15 min. SARRA 
An instructional film which shows the safe handling of 
portable power tools. Produced in cooperation with the 
National Safety Council. It is particularly suited for 
industrial plant employees,, 
3 Four Point Safety Home 
Heart and Circulation of the Blood 
16 and 35 mm. Sound 
16 min. NYH 
16 mm. Sound 
10 min. EBFI 
A New York State war film. 
Shows the direct bearing of 
off-the-job accidents to the 
war effort. Describes the four 
points of a safe home—Mainte- 
nance, Good Housekeeping, 
Protection of Children, Culti- 
vation of Safe Habits. This 
film was given the Liberty 
Mutual Award of the National 
Safety Council as the best nontheatrical film of the year 
on home safety. 
The mechanics of the pulmonary and circulatory systems 
detailed, with delineation of the heart action by technical 
animation and natural photography. Amplified heart beat 
sounds. Microscopic scenes of capillary action. Blood 
pressure and its relation to health. 
Help Wanted 
16 mm. Sound 
29 min. JJ 
Excellent for stimulating interest in first aid training. 
Includes elementary first aid methods. 
40 Billion Enemies 
16 mm. Sound 
25 min. WEM 
Hidden Hunger 
Dramatization of the fact that while most Americans get 
enough food to eat many of them get the wrong food or 
the right food cooked the wrong way. Walter Brennan, 
as Lincoln Squires, decides to reform the eating habits 
of the nation. During his peregrinations hither and yon, 
the film manages to teach many lessons about the danger 
of overcooking and unbalanced diets. Part of the national 
nutrition program to make the citizenry food conscious. 
16 mm. Sound 
30 min. FSA 
Describes first the improvement of general health brought 
about by mechanical refrigeration and quick transportation 
of foods. Explains relation between temperature and food 
spoilage; demonstrates storing of foods in an electric 
refrigerator, and advises as to its purchase and care. 
Graphic presentation of how to use a refrigerator, con- 
sidering only the influence of temperature on perishable 
foods and omitting health hazards caused by contamination. 
Fundamentals of Diet 
Hit and Run Driver 
16 mm. Sound 
20 min. MGM 
16 mm. Sound 
11 min. EBFI 
Offers an opportunity to do effective street and highway 
safety work among pupils and also adults by showing 
them this powerful dramatization of the consequences of 
reckless driving. 
Delineates the functional classification of foods; shows that 
nature has provided most of these for the young of ani- 
mals and plants; gives examples of many foods in each 
classification; shows by animal experiments what happens 
in diet deficiencies. 
Home Nursing in Pneumonia 
Heads Up 
16 mm. Sound 
23 min. GANZ 
16 mm. Sound 
9 min. NYH 
Official American Red Cross film, demonstrating ways to 
avoid common swimming hazards, simple means of 
“rescues without risks,” tests for candidates for Red Cross 
lifesaving courses, swimming techniques adapted to life- 
saving, ways to approach a drowning person, parries, 
grip releases, and carries. 
(Revised version of two reel 
film PNEUMONIA NURS- 
ING-HALF THE BAT- 
TLE.) Shows how a public 
health nurse instructs a 
housewife in the care of a 
pneumonia patient, featuring 
such essentials as feeding the 
patient, back rub, bedpan, 
turning the patient in bed, 
changing linen, etc. This picture is strictly educational 
and is intended primarily for women’s organizations, 
nursing classes, etc. Should not be shown to mixed class- 
room groups. 
Health and the Cycle of Water 
16 mm. Sound 
20 min. CIPR 
Water in its cycle is shown at the source, is routed through 
a filtration plant for purification, enters the home through 
pipes to the faucet, leaves the home through waste pipes 
to sewer mains and thence, through sewage treatment plant 
and outfall, to the sea where it is again evaporated and 
condensed, and the cycle repeated, endlessly. Dramatic 
interest is supplied by the trials and tribulations of the 
citizens of a hypothetical small town in the 1890’s when 
stream pollution was more the rule than the exception. 
How To Get the Most Out of Your Refrigerator 
16 mm. Sound 
30 min. GM 
Excellent film on the Care and use of the home electric 
refrigerator. Shows proper storage of various types of 
food. 
Health in War 
16 mm. Sound 
13 min. BIS 
Shows by diagram the organization of London’s hospitals 
for the care of air raid victims and other casualties. 
In Defense of the Nation 
16 mm. Sound 
11 min. ASH 
Health Is a Victory 
16 mm. Sound 
13 min. ASH 
The problem of prostitution in the mobilization of the 
military, naval or industrial manpower. There is nothing 
in the film which requires that it be restricted in showing; 
however, it is recommended especially for camps, indus- 
tries, social workers, and citizens interested in law enforce- 
ment. (For those interested in the health problems related 
to syphilis and gonorrhea, the film WITH THESE 
WEAPONS is preferable.) 
Facts about gonorrhea—its diagnosis, treatment and cure— 
told in simplified language, featuring several animations 
and diagrammatic sketches showing the prevalence of 
the disease, how it spreads and how it affects the human 
organisms, and information concerning modern methods 
of drug treatment and the danger of self medication. 
Better suited for adult audiences. 
4 Know for Sure 
16 mm. Sound 
23 min. USPHS 
Louis Pasteur, the Benefactor 
Produced in Hollywood by the Research Council of the 
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the 
United States Public Health Service. Tells men what 
they need to know about syphilis, why a blood test is 
important, why it doesn’t pay to take a chance, and guides 
potential patients to private physicians and to health 
officers. For men only and for use through official health 
or other authorised professional agencies. A physician 
shoidd be on hand at each showing to answer specific 
questions and factual leaflets on venereal disease and its 
prevention should he distributed to the audience. 
A presentation of some of the highlights of the career 
and work of this great scientist, including the first rabies 
treatment of a boy bitten by a rabid dog. May be used 
as a visual aid in the study of great personalities or in 
conjunction with science courses covering the contributions 
of Pasteur. 
16 mm. Sound 
15 min. PICK 
Magic Bullets 
16 mm. Sound 
30 min. USPHS 
Know for Sure (Revised Version) 
Based on the story of the life of Dr. Paul Ehrlich, scientist, 
who discovered the cure for syphilis, and features Edward 
G. Robinson. Condensation of Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bul- 
lets (Warner Brothers). 
16 mm. Sound 
20 min. USPHS 
Suitable for showing to mixed audiences and for instruc- 
tion of high school students. Identical with original ver- 
sion except sections of prophylaxis and other scenes omitted. 
The Main Dish 
16 mm. Sound 
18 min. NFBC 
Let My People Live 
16 mm. Sound 
13 min. NTB 
Shows the selection and preparation of the “thrifty” cuts 
of beef and the proper methods and equipment for prepar- 
ing same. Film deals with beef only but teaching applies 
to other meats as well. 
Primarily for Negro audiences, but its quality and scien- 
tific facts appeal and apply equally to white audiences. 
Features the 100 voice Tuskegee Choir and an all Negro 
cast. 
Making Ends Meet 
16 mm. Sound—Color 
11 min. DCSL 
Let’s Keep the Killer Down 
16 mm. Sound 
10 min. NMPC 
Gives helpful suggestions on such details as planning 
menus ahead, buying in season, and budget-extending meat 
dishes to assist in making food money go as far as pos- 
sible. 
Stresses the importance of immunization with toxoid and 
warns against the indifference which may arise as diphth- 
eria incidence diminishes. Emphasizes the great danger 
in the type of diphtheria so mild that no one thinks of 
calling a physician, thereby delaying medical treatment. 
Good sickroom practice and the preparation of diphtheria 
antitoxin demonstrated. 
Man Against Microbe 
16 mm. Sound 
10 min. MLI 
16 mm. Silent 
15 min. MLI 
Story of the highlights in the fight of science against 
preventable disease from the days of the London Plague 
to the present. 
Life Begins 
16 mm. Sound 
56 min. EBFI 
Scientific and authoritative study of infant behavior during 
the first year of life. For parent-teacher associations, 
women’s clubs, nurses, and parent education and study 
groups. 
Mass Radiography 
16 mm. Sound 
10 min. NTB 
Shows mass x-ray surveys in British industrial plants. 
Produced in England by the National Association for the 
Prevention of Tuberculosis. 
Life Begins Again 
16 mm. Sound 
15 min. WEM 
Story of a girl who is making unsatisfactory progress in 
school because of defective hearing, and the resultant 
improvement after she is fitted with a hearing aid. Ani- 
mation and narration explain construction and functioning 
of the human ear and use of audiometer to test hearing in 
classroom. 
Meat and Romance 
Dramatized educational film designed to extend nation- 
wide program of education on selection, cooking, carving, 
and nutritive value of meat. 
16 mm. Sound 
38 min. CASF 
Life Saving and Resuscitation 
Demonstrations in water and, in slow motion photography, 
out of water, of various approaches and holds used in 
rescuing the endangered swimmer. Methods of resuscita- 
tion shown include use of the inhalator. 
16 mm. Silent 
16 min. EBFI 
Mechanisms of Breathing 
Animated drawings describe the mechanisms of breathing. 
The Shafer method of artificial respiration also is demon- 
strated. The relation of the breathing rate to the carbon 
dioxide content of air is portrayed with the emphasis on the 
danger from carbon monoxide when running automobile 
engine in closed garage. 
16 mm. Sound 
11 min. EBFI 
Local Health Problems in War Industry Areas 
16 and 35 mm. Sound 
14 min. NYH 
A New York State war film. 
Health problems that may 
arise when a large war in- 
dustry is set up in a com- 
munity and methods of meet- 
ing them, as illustrated by 
actual conditions in Seneca 
County, New York. 
Middletown Goes to War 
16 mm. Sound 
20 min. NTB 
Prosperity stimulated by war industries brings new 
problems to Middletown; health safeguards and other 
social services are adjusted to meet the new situation, and 
Middletown marches in step to win the war. 
5 Miracle of Milk 
16 mm. Sound 
11 min, NYAM 
On the Firing Line 
16 mm. Sound 
19 min. NTB 
This official film of the New York State Bureau of Milk 
Publicity traces milk through history. It shows how 
milk helped shape the course of civilization, brought man 
out of the caves, down from the cliffs into a more ordered 
society. Today elaborate machinery of the twentieth cen- 
tury epitomizes man’s age-old respect for milk; modern 
science is shown applied to the instinctive practices of eras 
long past. 
A travel tour in which different sections of the United 
States are visited, showing present day activities in the 
control of tuberculosis and actual existing conditions in 
the sections visited. Suitable for high school students 
and adult audiences. 
On Your Feet 
16 mm. Sound 
10 min. USPHS 
Expository film—the tire shortage forces people to walk 
more, good posture, properly fitted shoes, how to walk 
correctly: knees flexed, toes straight ahead. Military drill 
shown as an example. Produced by the Melville Shoe 
Corporation in cooperation with the U. S. Public Health 
Service. 
Miss T 
16 mm. Sound 
11 min. BIS 
Typical situations in the life of an English middle class 
girl, from infancy to adulthood. At each stage of her 
life she gets the right food; it is explained how her diet 
contributes to her health and happiness. Needs supple- 
mentary information because of some inaccuracies (good 
food does not protect from measles), and the diet shown 
is not free from English wartime restrictions. 
Once Upon a Time 
16 mm. Sound 
9 min. MLI 
Animated cartoon. Well known fairy tale and Mother 
Goose characters become involved in the present day types 
of street and highway accidents through the machinations 
of two bad goblins. The film ends with emphasis on safe 
driving methods, following the banishment of these goblins 
by the good fairies. 
Moving X-Rays 
16 mm. Sound 
11 min. UFA 
X-ray motion picture showing the functioning of various 
organs of the 'body. May be used to excellent advantage 
for teaching purposes. Suitable for high school students, 
adults, and medical groups. 
Our Common Enemy—The Fly 
Microscopic motion picture study of the house fly in which 
every stage of development from the egg to maturity is 
shown greatly magnified. A feature is the detailed study 
of the fly’s marvelous eyes with their thousands of tiny 
lenses. Objects actually photographed through hundreds 
of these lenses are shown on the screen. 
16 mm. Silent 
16 min. ICS 
Mrs, T and Her Cabbage Patch 
16 mm. Sound 
12 min. BIS 
A British war film, showing the home growing of vege- 
tables by a middle class family and their use in the com- 
munity. Simple and reassuring, giving a lesson on wartime 
diet and showing the formation of a new pattern of social 
cooperation. 
Our Job to Know 
16 mm. Sound 
18 min. ASH 
The true-to-life story of two average young people in 
wartime America who meet on the production line in a 
strange city, away from home and friends. Facts about 
the cause, dangers, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of 
gonorrhea and syphilis flow logically and smoothly from 
episodes in the story. Recommended for separate groups 
of high school boys and girls and adults. 
My Model Farm 
Humorous treatment of hazards often found around the 
farm. 
16 mm. Sound 
11 min. IH 
A New Day 
16 mm. Sound 
9 min. MLI 
A popular pneumonia film which, although it features the 
newest weapons that doctors now employ in fighting that 
disease, also carries a strong and satisfying emotional 
appeal and ends on a high note of success and conquest. 
Our Milky Way 
16 mm. Sound—Color 
10 min. NYAM 
Official film of New York State Bureau of Milk Publicity. 
The story of how dairying has come to be the greatest 
industry in New York State, traces the manner in which 
milk gets to the ultimate consumer, and shows how milk 
has come to be known as man’s “most nearly perfect 
food.” 
Oars and Paddles 
16 mm. Sound 
24 min. GANZ 
Official American Red Cross film. Demonstrates skills 
needed to prevent accidents in boats and canoes: Proper 
techniques in handling boats and canoes and methods of 
boat rescues. 
Passport to Health 
16 mm. Sound 
20 min. BFI 
On Guard 
16 and 35 mm. Sound 
5 min. NYH 
A dramatization of the importance of immunizing against 
childhood diseases. Approved by the U. S. Public Health 
Service. 
Dramatic story of the appli- 
cation of medical science to 
the saving of human lives 
from the dread disease of 
childhood — diphtheria — and 
the subsequent development 
of toxoid as a preventive of 
the disease. May be booked 
for professional showings 
with a special local health 
trailer made by the State Department of Health. Infor- 
mation concerning the production of local trailers is 
obtainable from the Division of Public Health Education, 
Albany. 
Plain Facts 
16 mm. Sound 
9 min. ASH 
Shows how syphilis and gonorrhea cripple and destroy 
human health, how infection spreads, how the diseases 
may be diagnosed, treated and cured. Suitable for high 
school and adult groups. 
Play’s the Thing 
16 mm. Silent 
20 min. UW 
Film for adults on how to provide young children with 
simple, safe, homemade play facilities, with definite sug- 
gestions for the making of blocks, slide boards, drums, 
6 and swings, and emphasizing the wise choice of toys in 
building muscles and healthy bodies. Ideal for child- 
training, home economics and normal school classes, and 
P.T.A. groups. 
Sand in the Gears 
16 mm. Sound 
17 min. NTB 
Shows how tuberculosis delays production and slows the 
war machine; why the Army, the Navy, the millions of 
workers in actual war production as well as the civilian 
population must be guarded against it; some of the things 
that are being done to meet the problems of congestion, 
housing, nutrition, recreation, and medical care. 
Posture 
16 mm. Silent 
14 min. EBFI 
The importance of good posture, both standing and sitting 
—the part played by the muscles in determining whether it 
shall be good or bad; how to correct poor posture—and 
the importance of good posture to physical well-being. 
Sentinels of Safety 
16 mm. Sound 
9 min. ACI 
Deals with accidents in the home and suggests precautions 
which should be taken to avoid the more common types. 
Preventing Fires Through Electrical Safety 
Deals with the proper handling and maintenance of elec- 
trical equipment in preventing fires. Home and public 
fire prevention. 
16 mm. Silent 
34 min. PRC 
Smallpox and Vaccination 
16 mm. Sound—Color 
28 min. NYH 
Smallpox cases as observed 
in 1939 outbreaks in New 
York State, including case 
of malignant smallpox (vari- 
ola vera) ; also modern tech- 
nic of vaccination and reac- 
Quit Worrying 
16 and 35 mm. Sound 
5 min. NYH 
A New York State war film. 
K\plain> the program of the 
federal t'hildren's Bureau to 
provide free maternity aid for 
the New 
State Department of Health. 
The Smiles Have It 
16 mm. Sound 
11 min. BFI 
The visit of two children to the dentist, with lessons on 
the relation of well balanced food to their teeth and infor- 
mation on animals’ teeth. 
Recalled to Life 
16 mm. Sound 
28 min. SC 
The Sneeze 
16 mm. Silent 
3 min. MIT 
Portrays in graphic manner the need for good hearing in 
social and business life. Beset by the handicap of poor 
hearing, Mr. Smith tries one aid after another and finally 
discovers a satisfactory one. A historical portion tells 
us how, in earlier times, limited by less knowledge and 
technical skill, men tried unsuccessfully to overcome deaf- 
ness. In an interesting sequence the audience hears, for 
the first time in a motion picture, how speech and music 
sound to a person with a certain kind of deafness. 
Demonstrates droplet production, distance of expulsion, 
and fall and evaporation of droplets to airborne micro- 
organisms in relation to transmission through air of 
respiratory diseases, by means ef high speed pictures of 
sneezing, taken at 700 frames per second instead of the 
usual 24. 
Story of Marihuana—A Dangerous Narcotic 
16 mm. Silent 
15 min. NYH 
The Role of the Public Health Nurse in the Home Care 
of Tuberculosis 
16 mm. Sound 
20 min. NTB 
Prepared especially as an aid 
to narcotic control agents in 
the identification of cannabis 
plants. Shows in detail the 
structure of the leaf and 
plant; containers commonly 
employed for concealing 
and transporting marihuana; 
pipes, lamps, and similar arti- 
cles used by drug addicts, 
as well as many other features of practical interest. For 
police, health, and other law enforcement officials only. 
Film planned primarily for the public health nurse who 
helps find tuberculosis and who assists the medical pro- 
fession in the education of patient and family. Recognizing 
that, for the duration, adequate beds may be unavailable in 
many areas, the picture shows how certain standard hos- 
pital nursing technics can be adapted to home treatment. 
Major emphasis is given to often neglected phases of the 
treatment and control. Such details as absolute bed rest, 
disposal of sputum, and meal preparations are featured. 
For professional groups only. 
The Story of My Life by Tee Bee 
Safe Drinking Water from Small Water Supplies 
16 mm. Sound 
11 min. UM 
16 and 35 mm. Sound 
5 min. NYH 
The unsafe features of bored, driven, and drilled wells 
illustrated diagrammatically and in pictures, together with 
the correct and safe methods of installation and design. 
Intended primarily for rural areas. 
Produced by National Tuberculosis Association. Ani- 
mated cartoon on tuberculosis. A tuberculosis germ tells 
its life history. 
The Student Flyer 
16 mm. Sound 
18 min. ADA 
Safety in the Home 
16 mm. Sound 
10 min. EBFI 
Emphasizes the importance of the dental phase of physical 
fitness programs and encourages the correction of incipient 
dental lesions before serious tooth loss occurs. Presentation 
of the American Dental Association and the High School 
Victory Corps. Contents should prove educational and 
interesting to both younger and older groups. 
Presents graphically the rate and annual toll of home 
accident injuries, with attention to the most common 
sources of accidents in and about a typical home, and 
suggestions for their elimination. 
7 Swat the Fly 
16 mm. Sound 
9 min. EPS 
’Twixt the Cup and the Lip 
Reveals the common house fly as a dangerous carrier of 
disease whose offspring, in a single season, number in the 
millions; microscopic studies of its physical construction 
show how suited it is to carry out its deadly work. 
16 and 35 mm. Sound 
35 mm. Theater version 
22 min. NYH 
13 min. NYH 
An epidemic of colds brings 
to light unsatisfactory con- 
ditions in the handling of 
cooking, eating and drinking 
utensils in the city of Mid- 
vale; the health officials go 
into action, and the town 
“goes to town” on clean 
dishes and glasses. Includes 
detailed information on ap- 
proved methods and means of complying with State Sani- 
tary Code regulations on cleansing utensils. 
Syphilis 
16 mm. Sound—Color 
49 min. USPHS 
A teaching film on early diagnosis of syphilis, late and 
latent syphilis, and management of syphilis, with scenes 
from the U. S. Public Health Service clinics at Hot 
Springs, Ark., and narration dealing with various aspects 
of syphilis control. For professional groups only. 
Technical Aspects of Intravenous Serum Treatment of 
Pneumonia 
16 and 35 mm. Sound 
18 min. NYH 
Portrays the complete technic of serum administration 
in the home. For professional groups only. 
Two Little Rats and How They Grew 
16 mm. Sound—Color 
15 min. DCSL 
A movie record of a rat-feeding demonstration conducted 
as a nutrition education experiment by fifth grade boys 
and girls. Also shows properly prepared school lunches 
as well as home meals for the entire family. 
They Do Come Back 16 mm. Sound 
16 min. NTB 
Designed especially to visualize the relationship between 
rehabilitation and the rest of the tuberculosis program, and 
to inform the public regarding the need and nature of re- 
habilitation service. Suitable for high schools, colleges, 
and any adult audience. 
The Value of a Smile 
16 mm. Sound 
10 min. BFI 
Two children are assigned to make a study of mouth 
health and learn much about such subjects as straightening 
teeth, foods for building strong teeth, and proper method 
of brushing teeth. 
This Too Is Sabotage 16 mm. Sound 
25 min. WEM 
Dramatizes the essential food groups recommended by 
government and other nutrition authorities. Graphically 
demonstrates how to include items from each of these 
groups in each day’s meals, despite rationing and food 
shortages. 
Vitamin B, 
16 mm. Silent 
17 min. EBFI 
Shows the natural sources of vitamin B1( the effect of 
deficiency of vitamin B, on pigeons and young rats, the 
effect of extreme vitamin B, deficiency on human beings— 
beriberi, effect of a balanced diet on the disease, and the 
need for a balanced diet to maintain healthy bodies. 
Tip Tops in Peppyland 
Illustrates the importance of milk as a principal source 
of food elements essential to proper growth and develop- 
ment of the human body. Partly animated. 
16 mm. Silent 
16 min. NYAM 
Vitamin D 
Shows the natural and artificial sources of vitamin D, 
results of vitamin D deficiency—rickets and poor teeth, 
series of feeding experiments with laboratory animals, 
various methods used to increase vitamin D in the body. 
16 mm. Silent 
16 min. EBFI 
Tips for Teachers 
16 mm. Sound 
20 min. JH 
Presents the three “P’s” of good teaching. Explains the 
place and value of the teacher’s Personality, dramatizes the 
importance of Preparation, and gives a living example of 
how the Presentation of the material is done best. Pho- 
tography is in the classroom. Analogies are introduced 
to show how the teacher must use showmanship, salesman- 
ship and the ability of an actor to help in shortening the 
learning process. Recommended for use in teachers’ col- 
leges, schools of education, training sections for vocational 
teachers and demonstrators. 
Vitamin-Wise 
16 mm. Sound 
18 min, NFBC 
Explains the vitamin categories of main fresh vegetables, 
their importance in the wartime diet, and the proper methods 
of cooking them. Also covers briefly salad making, home 
canning and winter storage of home grown vegetables. 
Vitamins A, Bl5 C and D 
16 mm. Sound 
16 min. NFBC 
To the People of the United States 
Each of the four vitamins is dealt with separately and its 
importance emphasized in a well balanced diet for both 
mothers and children. Comparison between healthy and 
deficient experimental animals further emphasizes the mes- 
sage. Up-to-date action scenes throughout enliven the film. 
16 mm. Sound 
20 min. USPHS 
Syphilis film starring Jean Hersholt. How a germ can 
ground a bomber, the prevalence of syphilis and the cost 
to the nation, and the present day means of combatting 
this disease. 
Wartime Nutrition 
16 mm. Sound 
10 min. USPHS 
Many Americans are poorly fed, undernourished, starving, 
not for lack of food but because of poor eating habits. 
Through the work of public welfare agencies, .Americans 
are learning the simple facts of nutrition. At home, in fac- 
tories, in restaurants, they can choose through what they 
eat the way to good or to poor health. 
Tuberculosis 
16 mm. Sound 
10 min. EBFI 
Designed to develop a general understanding and apprecia- 
tion of the nature, prevention, diagnosis and treatment 
of pulmonary tuberculosis. 
8 Water, Friend or Enemy 
story of syphilis progresses through the principles of 
diagnosis and treatment and depicts the disease in its 
relation to the individual. Illustrates by animated dia- 
grams, method of spread and explains how treatment stops 
infectiousness. Suitable for schools, colleges, women’s 
clubs, churches, and virtually any audience. 
A Walt Disney color film in animation. Shows the dangers 
of contamination from water exposed to waste. Especially 
recommended for rural groups as means for safeguarding 
springs and wells are effectively shown. 
16 mm. Sound 
10 min. CIAA 
What of Your Child 
World of Plenty 
16 mm. Sound 
45 min. BIS 
16 and 35 mm. Sound 
A New York State war film. 
Designed expressly to recruit 
children of working mothers 
both for preschool and school 
age centers. Illustrates activi- 
ties of both types of centers, 
and also shows what might 
and does happen to children 
who are neglected while their 
mothers work. Governor 
Dewey introduces the film. 
5 min. NYH 
A plea for international control of world products for the 
common man. Depicts the production, distribution and con- 
sumption of food in three main sections, the first dealing 
with prewar problems of overproduction; the second with 
the control which is being exercised during the present 
war over production, distribution and price; and the 
third with what might be done in the postwar era to con- 
trol food production and distribution in accordance with 
world needs. 
White Ammunition 
16 mm. Sound 
25 min. BFP 
Your Public Health Nurse 
16 and 35 mm. Sound 
10 min. NYH 
Revised and up-to-date version of WHITE MAGIC. 
Shows the complete story of the production and distribu- 
tion of milk, and the important part that milk plays in 
sustaining the war effort. 
Rural public health nursing 
in New York State; flashes of 
the nurse’s activities in family 
and community health ser- 
vices, under routine and 
emergency situations. For lay 
groups and student nurses. 
With These Weapons 
16 mm. Sound 
11 min. ASH 
Opening with scenes illustrating the work of Schaudinn, 
Wassermann, Ehrlich, and present day scientists, the 
SOURCE 
CF Capitol Films 
11 West 42nd Street 
New York, N. Y. 
CIAA Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs 
444 Madison Avenue 
New York 22, N. Y. 
CIPR Cast Iron Pipe Research Assn. 
122 So. Michigan Avenue 
Chicago, Illinois 
DCSL Dairy Council of St. Louis 
4030 Chouteau Avenue 
St. Louis, Missouri 
EBPI Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc. 
20 No. Wacker Drive 
Chicago 6, Illinois 
EPS Edited Pictures System, Inc. 
330 West 42nd Street 
New York, N. Y. 
FSA Federal Security Agency 
Graybar Bldg., Rm. 401 
New York, N. Y. 
GANZ William J. Ganz Co. 
40 East 49th Street 
New York, N. Y. 
GMC General Motors Corp. 
Broadway at 57th Street 
New York 19, N. Y. 
ACI Aetna Casualty & Insurance Co. 
Hartford, Connecticut 
ADA American Dental Assn. 
222 East Superior Street 
Chicago 11, Illinois 
ASCC The American Society for the Control of Cancer, Inc. 
350 Madison Avenue 
New York, N. Y. 
ASH American Social Hygiene Assn. 
1790 Broadway 
New York 19, N. Y. 
BFI Brandon Films, Inc. 
1600 Broadway 
New York 19, N. Y. 
BFP Borden’s Farm Products 
110 Hudson Street 
New York 13, N. Y. 
BIS British Information Services 
30 Rockefeller Plaza 
New York 20, N. Y. 
CASF Castle Distributors Corp. 
30 Rockefeller Plaza 
New York 20, N. Y. 
CCI The Public Health Committee of the Cup and Con- 
tainer Institute 
1790 Broadway 
New York 19, N. Y. 
9 NYH N. Y. State Dept, of Health 
Div. of Public Health Education 
18 Dove Street 
Albany 6, N. Y. 
PICF Pictorial Films, Inc. 
R. K. O. Bldg.— Radio City 
New York 20, N. Y. 
PRC Public Relations Committee 
85 John Street 
New York, N. Y. 
PSC The Pennsylvania State College 
Central Extension Office 
State College, Pennsylvania 
SARRA Sarra, Inc. 
16 E. Ontario Street 
Chicago 11, Illinois 
SC Sonotone Corporation 
570 Fifth Avenue 
New York 19, N. Y. 
SD Sharp and Dohme, Inc. 
Philadelphia 1, Pennsylvania 
TBM Dr. Thomas B. McCrum 
4144 Cher lotto Street 
Kansas City, Missouri 
UFA U.F.A. Films 
R.K.O. Building 
Rockefeller Center 
New York, N. Y. 
UM University of Minnesota 
Visual Education Service 
Minneapolis, Minnesota 
USDA U. S. Dept, of Agriculture 
Office of Motion Pictures 
Washington, D. C. 
USPHS The Surgeon General 
U. S. Public Health Service 
Washington 14 (Bethesda Station), D. C. 
UW University of Wisconsin 
Photographic Laboratory 
1208 W. Johnson Street 
Madison, Wisconsin 
WEM Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. 
246 East 4th Street 
Mansfield, Ohio 
ICS Institutional Cinema Service 
1560 Broadway- 
New York, N. Y. 
IH International Harvester Co. 
180 No. Michigan Avenue 
Chicago 1, Illinois 
IOWA State Dept, of Health 
Div. of Cancer Control 
Des Moines, Iowa 
JH Jam Handy Organization 
2900 E. Grand Blvd. 
Detroit, Michigan 
JJ Johnson & Johnson 
New Brunswick, New Jersey 
LN Loucks & Norling Studios 
245 West 55th Street 
New York, N. Y. 
MGM Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures 
1540 Broadway 
New York, N. Y. 
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
Dept, of Biology and Public Health 
Cambridge, Massachusetts 
MLI Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. 
1 Madison Avenue 
New York, N. Y. 
MSCA Michigan State College of Agriculture & Applied 
Science 
Dept, of Bacteriology & Hygiene 
East Lansing, Michigan 
NFBC National Film Board of Canada 
84 East Randolph Street 
Chicago, Illinois 
NMPC National Motion Pictures Co. 
Mooresville, Indiana 
NSPB National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, Inc. 
1790 Broadway 
New York 19, N. Y. 
NTB National Tuberculosis Assn. 
1790 Broadway 
New York 19, N. Y. 
NYAM N. Y. State Dept, of Agriculture & Markets 
State Office Bldg. 
Albany 1, N. Y. 
10 INDEX 
Biology 
Medicine (History of) 
Heart and Circulation of the Blood 4 
Mechanisms of Breathing 5 
PAGE 
Louis Pasteur, the Benefactor 5 
Man Against Microbe 5 
PAGE 
Cancer 
Milk 
Cancer 2 
Choose to Live 2 
Enemy X 3 
Miracle of Milk 6 
Our Milky Way 6 
Tip Tops in Peppyland 8 
White Ammunition 9 
Child Health (Care) 
Babies, Baths and Bubbles 2 
Baby Care: Feeding 2 
Clocking a Champion 2 
Dinner at School 3 
Fit to Live 3 
What of Your Child 9 
Home Nursing in Pneumonia 4 
The Role of the Public Health Nurse in the Home 
Care of Tuberculosis 7 
Your Public Health Nurse 9 
Nursing 
Child Study 
Nutrition 
Life Begins 5 
Play’s the Thing 6 
ABCD of Health 2 
Dinner at School 3 
Food — Weapon of Conquest 3 
Foods and Nutrition 3 
For Children Only 3 
For Health and Happiness 3 
Fundamentals of Diet 4 
Hidden Hunger 4 
The Main Dish 5 
Making Ends Meet 5 
Meat and Romance t 5 
Miss T 6 
Mrs. T and Her Cabbage Patch 6 
This Too Is Sabotage 8 
Two Little Rats and How They Grew 8 
Vitamin Bi 8 
Vitamin D 8 
Vitamin-Wise 8 
Vitamins A, Bi, C and D 8 
Wartime Nutrition 8 
World of Plenty 9 
Dental Health (Oral Hygiene) 
About Faces 2 
Ask Your Dentist 2 
The Smiles Have It •... 7 
The Student Flyer 7 
The Value of a Smile 8 
Diphtheria 
Defeat Diphtheria 2 
Let’s Keep the Killer Down 5 
On Guard 6 
Artificial Respiration 2 
Before the Doctor Comes 2 
First Aid (Silent) 3 
First Aid (Sound) 3 
Help Wanted 4 
Life Saving and Resuscitation 5 
First Aid 
Pneumonia 
Fly (House) 
A New Day 6 
Home Nursing in Pneumonia 4 
Technical Aspects of Intravenous Serum Treatment 
of Pneumonia 8 
Our Common Enemy — The Fly 6 
Swat the Fly 8 
Food Preservation 
Posture 
40 Billion Enemies 4 
How To Get the Most Out of Your Refrigerator. ... 4 
On Your Feet 6 
Posture 7 
Hearing 
The Sneeze 7 
(See also Pneumonia; Restaurant Sanitation) 
Respiratory Infection 
Life Begins Again 5 
Recalled to Life 7 
Immunization 
The Danger Point 2 
’Twixt the Cup and the Lip 8 
Restaurant Sanitation 
Passport to Health 6 
Marihuana 
Safety 
Story of Marihuana 7 
For Safety’s Sake 3 
Four Point Safety Home 4 
Heads Up 4 
Hit and Run Driver 4 
Maternal Aid 
Quit Worrying 7 
11 PAGE 
Venereal Diseases 
page 
Life Saving and Resuscitation 5 
My Model Farm 6 
Oars and Paddles 6 
Once Upon a Time 6 
Preventing Fires Through Electrical Safety 7 
Safety in the Home 7 
Sentinels of Safety 7 
Fight Syphilis 3 
Health Is a Victory 4 
In Defense of the Nation 4 
Know for Sure 5 
Know for Sure (Revised) 5 
Magic Bullets 5 
Our Job to Know 6 
Plain Facts 6 
Syphilis 8 
To the People of the United States 8 
With These Weapons 9 
Smallpox 
Defense Against Invasion 2 
Smallpox and Vaccination 7 
Teaching 
Tips for Teachers 8 
Vision 
Tuberculosis 
Eyes for Tomorrow 3 
Another to Conquer 2 
Artificial Pneumothorax in the Treatment of Pul- 
monary Tuberculosis ? 2 
Cloud in the Sky 2 
Diagnostic Procedure in Tuberculosis 3 
Let My People Live 5 
Mass Radiography 5 
Middletown Goes to War 5 
On the Firing Line 6 
The Role of the Public Health Nurse in the Home 
Care of Tuberculosis 7 
Sand in the Gears 7 
The Story of My Life by Tee Bee 7 
They Do Come Back 8 
TUBERCULOSIS 8 
War and Health 
Fighters in White 3 
Health in War 4 
Local Health Problems in War Industry Areas 5 
Water Supply 
Every Drop a Safe One 3 
Health and the Cycle of Water 4 
Safe Drinking Water from Small Water Supplies. ... 7 
Water — Friend or Enemy 9 
Moving X-Rays 6 
X-Ray 
' 4-3-4S-2SOO (4H2-189)