Aids

A 4-Corners presentation examining the history of the AIDS epidemic in the United States and the spread to gay communities in the Western World including Australia. Medical authorities discuss their hopes to contain the spread of AIDS outlining symptoms and debunking myths regarding transmission of the virus. A series of frank interviews highlight the human cost of AIDS. Due to copyright restrictions, certain parts of the music soundtrack have been edited resulting in sound drop-out in sections of the program.

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Credits

production company

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

producer

George Pugh

Duration

00:42:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1985

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016862

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → AIDS (Disease)

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

Television

Television → Television series

Television → Television series → Television series - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1985

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