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U-M Historical Health Film Collection

Films on Videotape

Please note: Restrictions Apply

Key to Numerical Code

[1] Indicates restoration and preparation of archival film print was directed by Prof. Martin S. Pernick.

[2] Indicates archival film print is also housed in the Collection.

[3] Indicates original film footage is also housed in the Collection.

Titles Listed Alphabetically

A B C | D E F | G H I | J K L | M N O | P Q R | S T U | V W

Titles beginning with A B C
ALL FOR SAFETY
1918
safety, traffic, health ed, children, fire

AMERICAN IN THE MAKING, AN
1913
immigrants, Americanize, factory, safety

[Americanization in Connecticut] [1]
1926
Americanize, immigrants, factory, safety, equipment, schools

ARE YOU FIT TO MARRY? [1, 2]
1927
eugenics, euthanasia, babies, birth defects, ethics, race, surgery, syphilis

ARMY SURGEON, THE
1912, 11,22
ethics, Indians, surgery, military

ASK YOUR DENTIST
1924
oral hygiene

AT THE THRESHHOLD OF LIFE [1]
1911
child care, safety, schools, immigrants

BEHIND THE SMILE
1939
milk, food, oral hygiene

BENDING THE TWIG [3]
1922
exercise, food, fresh air, hygiene, education, children

BEST-FED BABY, THE
1923
babies, childcare, food, nursing, sun, breastfeeding

BETTY'S CROOKED TEETH
1940s
oral hygiene

BIOLOGY OF CONCEPTION AND MECHANISM OF CONTRACEPTION
1922
birth control, physiology, microphotography, clinical

BLACK STORK, THE (see ARE YOU FIT TO MARRY?)

BOBBY'S BAD MOLAR
1929
oral hygiene, dentists

BROKEN SILENCE
1920 deaf, handicap, rehab, school, blacks, treatment

CARE OF THE TEETH
1919
oral hygiene

CHARGE OF THE TICK BRIGADE
1918
vectors, insects, veterinary

CHILDREN ENJOY DENTAL HYGIENE
1910s
oral hygiene

CHILDREN OF EVE
1915
child labor, safety, fire, factory, laws

CHILDREN OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF MILWAUKEE TAUGHT HOW TO KEEP CLEAN
1920, 11,24
hygiene, oral hygiene

CHILDREN PATIENTS OF MUNICIPAL TB SANITARIUM PLAYING IN THE SNOW
1920, 01,04
TB, air, sports

CHO CHO THE CLOWN SCHOOL TEACHER. A NEW METHOD OF TEACHING CHILDREN HYGIENE
1919, 11,12
schools, TB, oral hygiene, hygiene, media

CHOOSE TO LIVE
1940
cancer, breast, screening, treatment, prevention

CLARA CLEANS HER TEETH
1926
oral hygiene

CLASSROOM TALKS BY DENTAL SUPERVISOR
1910s
oral hygiene, education

CLEAN AIR AND SUNSHINE
1920s
sanitation, hygiene, nature, factory, RR

CONFESSIONS OF A COLD
1929
colds, prevention

CONQUERING DIPHTHERIA [1]
1923
diphtheria, immunization, prevention

CONQUEST OF DIPHTHERIA
1926
history, immunization

CONSEQUENCES [1]
1929
TB, women, education, labor

COUNTRY DOCTOR, THE
1909
rural, doctors, ethics

CRIME OF CARELESSNESS
1912
safety, factory, fire, labor, smoking

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Titles beginning with D E F
DANGERS OF THE STREET [1]
1913
safety, traffic, child care

DAY AT THE MERRILL-PALMER SCHOOL, A
1927
child care, school, children, water, nutrition, food, hygiene, examination, IQ, immunization, posture, development

DEFERRED PAYMENT
1926
VD, congenital, syphilis, eugenics, babies, quackery, clinics

DENTIST CONVENTION AT CHICAGO ILL, AND THEY HEARTILY ENDORSE TOOTH BRUSH DRILL
1920, 04,09
oral hygiene, dentists, experts

DISEASE PREVENTION DAY, EAST CHICAGO [1]
1924?
public health, propaganda

[Dr. MacGregor, A Child Specialist] [1]
1919
unidentified fragment of dramatic film, pediatrics, specialization, treatment

DREAMY DUD: HE RESOLVES NOT TO SMOKE
1915
smoking, drug abuse, psychiatry

EFFECTS OF VENEREAL DISEASES OF THE FEMALE [1]
1927, 06,24 c
VD, women, clinical

END OF THE ROAD, THE
1919
VD, women

ENEMY X
1944
cancer, treatment, research

ENLIGHTEN THY DAUGHTER, trailer [1]
1933?
VD, sex ed, women

ERBKRANK
1934
eugenics, psychiatry, Jews, insanity, euthanasia, economics

EXAMINATION OF ENLISTED MEN BY THE NEURO-PSYCHIATRIC UNIT AT CAMP LEE
1917
psychiatry, military, neurology, screening

[Extermination of Mosquitoes by Spraying Swamps]
1910s
insects, vectors, eradication, rural

FEET IS FEET, A PHABLE
1916
shoes

FETAL INFANT, THE (portions) [1]
1939
prematurity, infants, incubators, clinical, propaganda, psychology

FIRST AID TREATMENT AFTER EXPOSURE TO SYPHILIS [2]
1924?
VD, clinical, first aid, hygiene

FIT TO WIN, portions [1,2]
1919
VD, military, men, sports, alcohol, treatment

FLY, THE (complete set frame enlargements only) [1]
1913
sanitation, insects, vectors, urban, immigrants, food

FLY AS A DISEASE CARRIER, THE
1922
vectors, insects, typhoid, sanitation, microphotography

FOOD FOR REFLECTION
1920
child care, rural, food, schools

FOR HIS SON [2]
1912
cocaine, medical ethics, drug abuse

FORGOTTEN FRONTIER
1931
nursing, public health, rural, childbirth, trauma, immunization, children

FREE CLINIC FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN IN STATE OF ILLINOIS
1920, 04,27
polio, poor, treatment, clinical, immobilization

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Titles beginning with G H I
GENERAL PERSONAL HYGIENE (SCIENCE OF LIFE SERIES)
1922
hygiene, exercise, eugenics, shoes, xray

GIFT OF LIFE, THE, partial [1]
1920
reproduction, sex ed, physiology

GOAT'S MILK FOR UNDERFED CHILDREN
1920, 04,27
poor, nutrition, hospitals

GONORRHEA IN THE MALE: DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT TECHNIQUES, partial [1]
1920
VD, clinical

HEALTH IS A VICTORY
1942
VD, military, prevention

[HENRY STREET]
1920s
nursing, treatment, agencies, poor, immigrant, black

HEROES ALL [1]
1920
handicap, rehab, military, equipment, clinical

HOME CARE OF THE MOUTH
1919
oral hygiene, home care

HONOR OF THE LITTLE PURPLE STAMP, THE
1920
meat inspection, TB, tapeworm

HOPE [1]
1912
TB, rural, sanitaria, women, heredity

HOUSE FLY, THE [1]
1912
vectors, insects, typhoid? sanitation, food

HOW DISEASE IS SPREAD (SCIENCE OF LIFE SERIES)
1922
vectors, epidemics, hygiene, sanitation, public health, bacteria

HOW PLANTS AND ANIMALS CAUSE DISEASE (SCIENCE OF LIFE SERIES)
1922
bacteria, microphotography, oral hygiene, TB

HOW THE FIRES OF THE BODY ARE FED [1]
1923
physiology, nutrition, exercise, sports

HOW THE MOSQUITO SPREADS DISEASE (SCIENCE OF LIFE SERIES)
1922
vectors, insects, malaria, sanitation, microphotography

HOW TO BRUSH YOUR TEETH
1925
oral hygiene

HOW TO GET RID OF RATS
1916
vectors, rodents

HOW TO PREVENT DISEASE (SCIENCE OF LIFE SERIES)
1922
water, typhoid, quarantine, flu, diphtheria, screening

[INDUSTRIAL WORKING CONDITIONS]
1920
factory, hygiene, labor, sanitation, equipment, safety, health ed, media

INFLUENZA IN CHICAGO, ILL.
1920, 01,28
epidemics, hospitals, treatment, equipment

INSIDE OF THE WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC, THE
1913
prostitution

INTERDEPENDENCE OF LIVING THINGS (SCIENCE OF LIFE SERIES)
1922
ecology, nature, photosynthesis, physiology

INTERNES IN COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL TURN NURSEMAID TO BABIES AS PART OF THEIR TRAINING
1920?, 1928?
infants, nutrition, medical education, hospitals, poor

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Titles beginning with J K L
JAMES MOORE HICKSON, THE HEALER
1920, 05,20
faith healer

KEEPING OUT BAD FOOD
1922
drug purity, food, safety, inspection

LAW OF POPULATION, OR BIRTH CONTROL, THE [1]
1917
pro birth control, anti abortion, eugenics, religion

LET MY PEOPLE LIVE
1944
TB, blacks, quackery, patent medicine, screening, social etiology

LET'S OPEN OUR EYES
1938
VD

LIGHTS AND SHADOWS IN A CITY OF A MILLION
1920
nursing, housing, poor, hygiene, clinics, hospitals, agencies, children, handicap, socialwork, expert, child care, sports, Americanize, blind, equipment

LITTLE COMRADES
1920
hospitals, children, anemia, TB, air, schools, examination, milk, food, oral hygiene

LIVE AND LET LIVE
1922
safety, traffic, drink, RR

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Titles beginning with M N O
MAN AGAINST MICROBE
1932
history, microphotography, diphtheria, TB, immunization, screening, public health, treatment

MAN HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN, THE
1913
child labor, schools

MARCH OF DIMES NEWSREEL [3]
1955
polio, immunization, research, treatment, ad, media, clinical

MEDICAL EXAMINATION
1925
routine examination, screening, prevention

MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH INSPECTING CHILDREN FOR EYE AND THROAT TROUBLE
1920, 11/12
screening, inspection, examination, children, school, trachoma

MILK FOR YOU AND ME
1925
food, nutrition, sports

MODERN CARE OF CHILDREN'S TEETH
1921
oral hygiene

MODERN PIED PIPER
1924
rodents, eradication

MOSQUITO, THE
1945
military, malaria, prevention

MOTHERHOOD IN NATURE
1930 pre
biology, cute baby animals

MOUTHFUL OF WISDOM, A
1920
oral hygiene

MUNICIPAL TB SANITARIUM CHICAGO ILL. VOCATIONAL TRAINING
1921, 03,11
TB, occupational, labor

NATURE, BUILDER OF TEETH
?
oral hygiene

NATURE SHOWS THE WAY, PART II
?
oral hygiene

[Navaho Indian Reservation]
1926
examination, Indians, dentists, eye, treatment, babies, immunization

NEW YORK WATER SUPPLY
1927
water

ONE SCAR OR MANY
1924
smallpox, immunization

OUR CHILDREN
1919
childcare, women doctors, clinics, blacks, rural, media, agencies, public health

OUR GREATEST MENACE—VENEREAL DISEASES [1]
1927, 02,15 co
VD, sex ed, syphilis, gonorrhea, blind, handicap, clinical, retarded, media, prostitution, surgery, bacteria, reproduction

OUT OF THE SHADOWS
1921
TB, veterinary, rural, milk, screening

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Titles beginning with P Q R
[PANAMA CANAL OPERATIONS 1913–1914]
1914
yellow fever, equipment, insects, vectors, public health

PEOPLE OF CHICAGO BEING VACCINATED OWING TO EPIDEMIC OF SMALL POX
1921, 01,20
immunization, smallpox, epidemics

PERSONAL HYGIENE FOR GIRLS [YOUNG WOMEN] (SCIENCE OF LIFE SERIES)
1922
VD, reproduction, physiology, hygiene, exercise, eugenics

PERSONAL HYGIENE FOR BOYS [YOUNG MEN] (SCIENCE OF LIFE SERIES)
1922
VD, physiology, hormones, exercise, sports, masturbation, eugenics

PHYSICIAN'S HONOR, A (THE)
1912, 02,01
ethics

POSTURE
1926
fitness, exercise

POSTURE CLINIC AND EXERCISE
1926
hygiene, fitness, sports

PRISONERS BRAVE DEATH IN WAR ON SLEEPING SICKNESS
1933
ethics, experiment, encephalitis

PRIVATE SNAFU VS MALARIA MIKE
1944
malaria, vectors, prevention

PROTOPLASM—THE BEGINNING OF LIFE (SCIENCE OF LIFE SERIES)
1922
physiology, microphotography, reproduction, evolution, bacteria

PYORRHEA EXTERMINATION
1921
oral hygiene, clinical, dentists

REAWAKENING, THE
1920
rehab, military, handicap, treatment

[Red Cross Parade, New York City, October 4, 1917] [1]
1917
Red Cross

REPORT FROM THE SOUTHLAND [3]
1950s
smoking, tobacco, scientific agriculture

REPRODUCTION IN HIGHER FORMS (SCIENCE OF LIFE SERIES)
1922
physiology

REPRODUCTION IN THE LOWER FORMS OF LIFE (SCIENCE OF LIFE SERIES)
1922
physiology

REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
1925
physiology, reproduction

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
1925
physiology, TB

ROAD TO HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
1937
hygiene

ROUGH ON RATS: BOY SCOUTS OF CHICAGO IN DRIVE ON RATS
1920, 01,02
vectors, rodents, children

Titles beginning with S T U
SANITATION IN MINING VILLAGES
1916
hygiene, bathing, insects, oral hygiene, milk, food, mine, malaria, housing, microphotography

SAVE YOUR CHILDREN [1, 2]
1916
polio, children, quarantine, treatment, experiment

SAVED FROM HIMSELF, OR THE CURSE OF THE CIGARETTE
1914
smoking

SELLS HEALTH O CIRCUS
1933
hygiene, education, schools

SENTINELS OF THE SUNSET
1924
fresh air

SMASHING A JERSEY MOSQUITO
1902
insects, comedy

SMILES HAVE IT, THE
?
oral hygiene

SOCIAL HYGIENE FOR WOMEN (portions) [1]
1920
VD, physiology, reproduction, prevention, clinical

SUN BABIES
1926
rickets, blacks, rural, urban, treatment, child care, Spanish, women doctors, x-ray, clinics, food

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TAKING FOOTPRINTS OF BABIES TO PREVENT MIXUPS IN IDENTITY OF NEW BORN
1920, 01,10
babies, hospitals

TEMPLE OF MOLOCH, THE [1]
1914
TB, urban, labor, prevention, treatment, children, schools, fresh air

TNT—THE NAKED TRUTH (portions) [1]
1924, 1927, 1931
VD, physiology, clinical

TOMMY TUCKER'S TOOTH
1922
oral hygiene

TOMMY'S TROUBLES
1926
oral hygiene, food, nutrition

TOMORROW'S CHILDREN
1934
eugenics, sterilization, legislation, crime

TOOTH DECAY
1954
fluoridation, oral hygiene

TRAFFIC IN SOULS
1913, 11,24
prostitution, corruption

TREATISE ON ORAL HYGIENE, A
1921
military

TREATMENT OF PARADENTOSIS, A
1926
clinical, dentists

TUBERCULOSIS CAMP (two parts)
1920?
air, sports, sex roles

UNHOOKING THE HOOKWORM
1922
rural, prevention, screening, treatment, propaganda

[US ARMY REHABILITATION CENTER]
1920
rehab, equipment, factory, military, nursing, sports

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Titles beginning with V W
VALUE OF A SMILE
1921
oral hygiene

VENEREAL DISEASES, THE
[1918]
VD, gonorrhea, syphilis, reproduction, clinical, bacteria, physiology

VISITING NURSE [1]
1911
nursing, urban, housing, home care, training

WAR ON THE MOSQUITO, NEW JERSEY, THE [1]
1912
insects, vectors, malaria, eradication, rural, microphotography

WASHINGTON SUFFERERS VISIT THE SHRINE OF THE MIRACLE MAN, JAMES MOORE HICKSON
1920, 05,04
faith healer

WEST NEW YORK CHILD CARE CENTER [3]
1944
public health, child care, quarantine, treatment, screening, food, sports

WHEN WAGES STOP
1923
safety, mine, labor, blame

WHERE ARE MY CHILDREN?
1916, 04,20
pro birth control, anti abortion, eugenics, evil doc

WHITE WINGS ON REVIEW
1903, 05,20 co
sanitation, urban, equipment, media

WORK OF THE VISITING NURSE
1920s
nursing, agencies, public health, treatment, equipment

WORKING FOR DEAR LIFE
1924
checkups, screening, equipment, doctors, heart, circulation

WORKMAN'S LESSON, THE
1912
safety, factory, labor, equipment

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