The Invaders

United Kingdom, 1975

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Episode of Series “The Facts for Life”.
Looks at the different ways in which infections - mainly bacteria, (causing, for example, dental caries, sore throats, typhoid fever and whooping cough) and viruses (causing the common cold, measles, small pox and polio) can invade the body, and the way in which they can be treated, controlled or prevented.

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Credits

producer/director

Jack Smith

production company

Granada Television International

Duration

00:20:18:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1975

Appears in

The Facts for Life

Group of items

The Facts for Life

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

321867

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Bacteria

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Communicable diseases

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Diseases - Causes and theories of causation

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Diseases - Prevention

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Diseases - Research

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Infection

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Public health

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Virus diseases

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Bacteria

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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