Health: communicable diseases. - 2nd edition.

United States, 1984

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Using an animated clay germ to answer the question of how people get sick. The germ tells where germs live and how they are spread from person to person, and then shows how they can be prevented from spreading. Also presents cautionary measures to be taken when sick, along with cautions about taking medicine without grown-up supervision.

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Credits

director

David Winter

producer

Michael Wright

production company

AIMS Instructional Media

Duration

00:11:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1984

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

508459

Language

English

Subject categories

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Communicable diseases

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Germ theory of disease

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

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical care

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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