Aids: what everyone needs to know [Revised] (Captioned)

An authoritative exploration of AIDS produced in cooperation with the UCLA AIDS Centre. Discusses symptoms, transmission, diagnosis, how the body becomes prone to other diseases and the increasing danger to the general population. A family in which the husband has AIDS share their feelings.

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Credits

producer/director

Sheldon Renan

production company

Churchill Films

Duration

00:17:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1987

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323981

Language

English

Subject categories

Closed captioning

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

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

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United States, 1987

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