The Sugar disease

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.

Credits

producer

Philip Daly

production company

BBC-TV

Duration

00:50:44:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1971

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

29069

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Educational & Instructional

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

History → History

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Discoveries (in science)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1971

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