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
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
010408
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)