This film looks at the problem of diabetes, its origins and the research going on to discover its causes. In addition, four well-known people who are diabetics talk about themselves and their lives as diabetics. Canadian scientist, Dr Best, recalls his involvement in the discovery of insulin in 1921.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
010408
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Diabetes
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Diseases - Causes and theories of causation
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Diseases - Research
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Insulin
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Sugar in the body
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Discoveries (in science)
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)