Your biological guide to AIDS

Presenters from the Bodymatters Team separate facts from fiction and reveal how much the worldwide experts know about AIDS and its transmission. They explore the challenges ahead and the possibilities of finding a vaccine and a cure. The program dispels some of the myths surrounding the disease and uses giant models of the body to explain the action of the AIDS virus on other healthy cells.

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Credits

director

Stuart McDonald

producer

Katherine Everett

production company

BBC

Duration

00:28:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1987

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300194

Language

English

Subject categories

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

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1987

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