A group of young children are approached by an older friend Jim, who offers them a choice. Disgusted with the taste and curious about why people smoke they set out in their neighbourhood and study people who smoke. They stumble across a smoking machine and examine its insides to discover what smoking does to the inside of one’s body.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
323475
Language
English
Subject categories
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Education of children
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education of children
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Education of children
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cigarette habit
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cigarette smokers
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Smoking
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Tobacco - Physiological effect
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Tobacco habit
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)