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| View Larger Image | Classic Cancer Films DVD: 1940s - 1960s Lung, Stomach, & Skin Cancer And Tumors Awareness & Prevention Films | DVD
| List Price: | $19.99 | |
| | Binding: | DVD | | Run Time: | 112 minutes | | Studio: | Quality Information Publishers Inc. | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Sales Rank: | 212,559th |
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FEATURES | - Table Of Contents:
- (1) At the End of the Rainbow (1946) - 24 minutes
- (2) Cancer (1940s) - 12 minutes
- (3) Time is Life (1949) - 16 minutes (4) Time Pulls the Trigger (1960s) - 24 minutes
- (5) Tobacco and the Body (1954) - 15 minutes (6) Up in Smoke (1960) - 21 minutes
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Product Description
Cancer awareness did not begin until the mid-20th century. This is a special compilation of cancer-related films from the 1940s, 50s & 60s. Skin cancer, stomach cancer, lung cancer and more is covered. This DVD has 6 great films and over 110 minutes of rare video about the history of cancer. Table Of Contents: (1) At the End of the Rainbow (1946) - This is a film about ultra-violet light and its health benefits. However, the footage is startling because it shows lots of people (and a baby!) being exposed, sans protection, to the harmful lights being touted as life savers. This exposure has been shown to give skin cancer since the making of this film - 24 minutes (2) Cancer (1940s) - This early cancer information film talks about many of the warning signs and treatment options for cancer. This Encyclopedia Britannica classic is aimed at teaching adults how to detect early cancer growth. The subject of the film, an older male, has been stricken with stomach cancer - 12 minutes (3) Time is Life (1949) - Mary Bronsen, the fictional subject of this early cancer film, fears that she may have the warning signs of cancer. This strange film gives the viewer little resolution, but is rich in political symbolism. Look for possible classroom correlations between the "cancer" everyone's talking about and the "communism" everyone feared during this post-WWII era - 16 minutes (4) Time Pulls the Trigger (1960s) - A great piece of film history in which a doctor tries to explain how dangerous smoking is - 24 minutes (5) Tobacco and the Body (1954) - Made in 1954, this early "effects of smoking" film shows the dangers of smoking cigarettes from a medical point of view. This is one of the first antismoking movies made - 15 minutes (6) Up in Smoke (1960) - A greedy tobacco company tries to exploit their customers, risking the health of the American people for the company's own monetary gain - 21 minutes |
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