Your skin

A combination of animation and photography is used to describe the skin and its functions in simple terms. Some surprising facts and figures are given. The parts of the skin are shown and its growth explained. The film shows clearly the importance of hygiene in helping the body to resist infection.

Credits

director

Ric Wylam

production company

Unilever Films

World Wide Animation

Duration

00:15:05:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1959

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

30788

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Body, Human

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Human physiology

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Skin

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Skin - Care and hygiene

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Skin - Diseases

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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United Kingdom, 1959

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