A strong indictment of medical men of smoking as a general health risk, this film follows an actual patient through his diagnosis, discussions with the surgeon, and the actual operation for the removal of a lung and the exposure of the cancer in the excised lung. Filmed at the Royal Edward Chest Hospital in Montreal.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
009934
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cigarette smokers
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Lungs - Cancer
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Lungs - Diseases
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Public health
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Tobacco - Physiological effect
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Tobacco habit
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)