Public Health and USPHS by The National Library of Medicine

This video, created in 1991, incorporates the audio of a speech, given October 31, 1940 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the dedication of the National Institutes of Health, with still photographs taken during the speech. FDR spoke about the role of government in preserving health, the roles of the Public Health Service and the National Cancer Institute, the achievements of the Institute, and background on the donor of the land. Interspersed are photographs of the buildings and individuals mentioned in the speech.

This film consists entirely of footage shot during the construction of the foundation of the NIH Clinical Center. There are no legends, no sound, and no film title. Excavation of the hole has progressed to the point where wooden supports are being erected at the perimeter of the hole. Workmen are seen carrying lumber, hammering nails, driving earth-moving equipment, and walking around the work site. Part of the foundation has been prepared to the point where forms are in place for the pouring of cement. The camera pans around the site which includes sheds and automobiles.

The duties of a home health aide are illustrated in footage of aides in patients' homes, in classrooms, and in conferences.

This film shows a debate between Dr. John Neff, who is against the continuation of smallpox vaccination use, and Dr. Samuel Katz, who is in support of it. The debate is mediated by Dr. Paul Wehrle. The host welcomes the audience and Dr. Wehrle gives a brief background of smallpox in America, and then shows a world map that indicates where smallpox has been a problem and during what periods of time. Dr.

The Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council, which helped to prepare this film, was formed in 1940 for the purpose of improving the nutritional fitness of Americans in the crisis of World War II. The purpose of this film is to clarify some of the newer aspects of nutrition information for the physician, with emphasis on the diagnosis and treatment of vitamin deficiency states.

This film has its hero, Ike Isodope, an excellent X-ray technician who never burned out an X-ray tube before its time, but who burns himself every day through failure to protect himself properly from exposure. By showing, in humorous cartoon style, the right and wrong procedures, the film emphasizes the safety rules to be observed by personnel of photofluorographic units. Units can be operated safely, but only when personnel take precautions against exposure. Produced by the United States Public Health Service.

This film shows the varied activities and supports offered by the typical community health department, including inspection of public water and other facilities, pre-natal and infant care education, vaccinations, and sanitation services. Produced by the National Motion Pictures Co.

his film introduces the work of the newly formed World Health Organization and emphasizes the international nature of epidemic disease, which is easily spread through air and sea travel. Important discoveries about the science of disease transmission are discussed, and the film ends with a dramatic look at how the WHO and its member nations came together to help Egypt quickly quash an epidemic that threatened the health of its population in the 1940s.

This film, made for broadcast on WRC Television, contains a dramatized vignette showing a city rodent control coordinator at his work. There is also a panel discussion by representatives of the Environmental Control Administration, Public Health Service about a special rodent control program. Shots include evidence of rat inhabitation, poor refuse storage, and rat-killing methods like anticoagulants and baits.

These seven animated public service announcements feature "four dangerous characters"—ill-intentioned green figures representing four infectious diseases: diptheria, polio, lockjaw, and whooping cough.They search for susceptible individuals to infect, but are thwarted by the protection afforded their intended victims by immunization. Emmy Immunity is a pigtailed little girl who, at the end of each segment, emphasizes the importance of vaccinations. Produced by the South Carolina State Board of Health.