[This tape was duplicated from a 16mm original by Colorlab for the National Library of Medicine, August 2004, NLM call number, HF 0777]

[Music]

[The Department of Health, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, presents]

[Multiple Screening]

[produced by Communication Materials Center of the Columbia University Press, 

Script.....Erik Barnouw, Supervision..Dorothy Oshlag]

[Produced in association with Tempo Productions, Inc., Direction David Hilberman.....William Tytla, 

Design Christopher Ishii.....John Ployardt, Editing....Tor Wolber]

[Animated shadow figures of a horse-drawn carriage, city buildings, and people walking and cycling]

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[Narrator:] Allow us to present Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Smith, average Americans of a half-century ago. 

Younger than the average Americans of today, but then their chances of growing to a ripe old age were clouded with many threats.

[Dramatic music]

[Smallpox]

[Diptheria]

[Typhoid fever]

[Music]

The last 50 years, the sky has been cleared of many of yesterday's perils, and today, the average American lives longer, 

but it's well-recognized that medical science, while helping him live longer, [?] pretty fair on the whole. 

But, while there's very little smallpox now, there's plenty of high blood pressure.

[Beating drums representing the heart]

Diphtheria is rare now, but the spreading waistline is spreading [stretching sound], and along with it, 

troubles of the heart, kidneys, and blood vessels, and other problems of a constantly-aging population. 

For the control of many of these conditions, early detection is important. 

Therefore, recent years have seen increasing interest in mass-screening devices. 

For example, diabetes detection drives using blood sugar tests or urine sugar tests have been tried in many communities.

[Have you had your diabetes test?]

The idea is to screen apparently-well people not already under their doctor's care. 

Objective tests are used. Those with sugar findings above a specific standard are referred to their physicians. 

Thus, many unsuspected cases have received early attention from their doctors. 

[Have you had your diabetes test?]