The story of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, showing the work being done in combating tropical diseases. The film refers to the School’s early history and some of the famous scientists associated with it. To this school, and its hospital, come doctors and students from many countries to learn and study at first hand diseases such as malaria, sleeping sickness, and leprosy. The film was made for the British Central Office of Information.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
007871
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - History
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Research
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Tropical medicine
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)