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Films and Essays from NLM

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The Reward of Courage
Black & White Educational & Instructional SilentAugust 2, 2013February 14, 2023

A Rediscovered Cancer Film of the Silent Era

By David Cantor, PhD

The Reward of Courage sought to transform public ideas about cancer by encouraging people to seek help from a recognized physician at the first sign of the disease or its possibility: early detection and treatment being the ASCC’s main approach to cancer control.

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Fila
Black & White Research & Documentation SoundAugust 2, 2013January 6, 2020

Modernizing the Tropics, Making a New Nation with Public Health

By Michael Sappol, PhD

Filariasis, a parasitic disease typically found in tropical areas, is caused by microscopic thread-like nematodes (roundworms; also known as filariae).

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Combat
Black & White Educational & Instructional SoundAugust 2, 2013January 6, 2020

Gene Kelly’s Unknown Wartime Star Turn

By Michael Sappol, PhD

As America entered World War II, the prestige of science and technology was very high. From early on, the conflict was seen as a total war and a modern war, requiring modern methods in every respect.

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Yellow Fever
Color Research & Documentation SoundAugust 2, 2013November 29, 2022

An Epidemiological Expedition Into the Interior of Africa

By Paul Theerman, PhD

Reconnaissance for Yellow Fever in the Nuba Mountains, Southern Sudan, 1954 is one of the several dozen films that Dr. Telford H. Work created during his distinguished career in arbovirus (“arthropod-borne virus”) field research.

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NLM Historical Audiovisuals Collection

Infographic describing NLM historical audiovisual collections: 30 percent uncataloged, 70percent cataloged, 650 titles digitzed.
Learn about the world-renowned historical audiovisuals collection of nearly 10,000 titles from the silent era to the present.

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Medicine on Screen is a curated portal featuring films from the National Library of Medicine's world-renowned historical audiovisuals collection. Many of these titles are rare, and in some cases NLM may have the only surviving copy. Original scholarly essays accompany the films, exploring the social, cultural, and medical milieu of each title, as well as cinematic techniques, the agendas of directors or producers, and other contextual details.

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A cartoon of three men dealing with piles of paperwork labeled pharmacies, hospitals, doctors, X-rays, skin etc. Where It Hurts (ca. 1970)

Taking us back to the early days of health maintenance organizations (HMOs), this 1970s U.S. government film mixes animation with live-action interviews to present the frustration of everyday people trying to navigate an opaque and often inaccessible health care system. It goes on to suggest that HMOs and community-based health care providers can ease the pain in all its forms.

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