Prepared for lay audiences this film states that in any typical large group of Americans, one in every eight will die of cancer. To combat the high mortality caused by cancer, early treatment by X-ray, radium or surgery is essential. Microscope-slides are used in this film to show normal cell division and growth, and then the invasion of cancer cells breeding wildly.
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
313910
Language
English
Subject categories
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cancer
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cancer - Prevention
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical films
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation