To the People of the United States

Jean Hersholt, in the role of an Air Force doctor, urges blood tests for syphilis. The doctor confers with persons who reveal statistics about syphilis and discuss its treatment. A comparison between the U.S. and Scandinavia is made, and a brief motion picture on the handling of syphilis by Scandinavia is shown. The doctor takes a blood test. Also includes appearances by a young Robert Mitchum and Noah Beery Jr.

Creator(s): Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Public Health Service. 4/11/1953-5/4/1980 (Most Recent)

Series: Motion Picture Films, 1924 - 1973
Record Group 90: Records of the Public Health Service, 1794 - 1990

Production Date: 1944

This is the original version of 'To the People of the United States'. The version later approved for release was edited to replace the closing speech by Surgeon General Thomas Parran.

Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RDSM), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Phone: 301-837-3540, Fax: 301-837-3620, Email: mopix@nara.gov

National Archives Identifier: 13276
Local Identifier: 90.13

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/13276

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