Health
5 DVD Set Vintage Health Films
Included DVDs: Historic Disability & Handicapped Films Vintage Insomnia & Sleeping Disorder Films Classic Asbestos & Home Building Films Classic Pregnancy & Childbirth Films Historic Pharmacist & Pharmacy Vocational Film
Adolescent Psychology Films (1946-1962) 3DVDs
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Babies and Breadwinners (1960s )
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Classic Dental & Dentistry Films
This is a strong compilation of dental care films from the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s & 1960s. The two feature films are extremely funny with high audience appeal and the classic toothpaste commercial montage shows the art of dental marketing from the masters – Crest. Included Films:
Classic Medical Quacks Films
This is a wonderful collection of bizarre films about medical quackery and bizarre medical practices from the 20th century. Included Films:
Classic Nursing Films 1927-1945
This rare DVD is a tribute to the nurse. Three films from 1927-1945 show the progression of nursing practices and theory during this era. From The Army Nurse: In her there is the tenderness of all women, of mother and sister and friend. Her voice and touch lend encouragement, instill hope. Its the surgeon who [...]
Classic Personal Hygiene & Health Films
This is a dynamite collection of animated, scare tactic, and social pressure propaganda personal hygiene films. Skin disease, lice, zits, bacteria, infections, and tooth decay can destroy your life!!!….so you better be clean!! Included Films:
Classic Physical Education & Healthy Eating Films
This historic films collection follows the origins of Americas obsession with beauty and physique. The proper diet, lots of exercise, and sleep were touted as the keys to a happy and successful life. This DVD includes some amazingly progressive films focused on teaching how to plan balanced meals and a good exercise routine…the fundamental practices [...]
Classic Pregnancy & Childbirth Films
Delve into the pleasures and the pains of pregnancy with rare childbirth films hailing from the Baby Boom era. This highly informative collection of (3) historical childbirth films features invaluable instruction for successfully giving birth in both normal and unusual delivery situations. The combination of profoundly powerful images and significant sociocultural subtext contribute to the [...]
Eyes and Their Care (1941)
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Graphic WWII Medical Surgery Film (1945)
This film used devastating footage of the human cost of war to encourage the American public to buy more war bonds. Using footage from the campaigns in the Pacific islands, the film shows unusually graphic images of combat, wounded soldiers, soldiers with psychological damage, and their doctors and caretakers. There is also footage of soldiers [...]
Heart & Circulation (1937)
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Historic Blood Films
This compilation features films about blood, the circulatory system and the heart. These vintage films are full of bizarre experiments based on quirky science. Included Films:
Historic Cancer Prevention Films
Cancer awareness did not begin until the mid-20th century. This is a special compilation of cancer-related films from the 1940s, 50s & 60s. Skin cancer, stomach cancer, lung cancer and more is covered. This DVD has 6 great films of rare footage about the history of cancer. Included Films:
Historic Disability & Handicapped Films
This DVD collection of historic handicapped and disability themed films has four great historic movies from 1940-1958. With two disabled worker wartime movies, one rare United Fund charity video and one vintage newsreel, this compilation is a great educational tool and contains some of the most poignant forgotten scenes from the history of disability in [...]
Historic Doctor Film
This educational film presents the daily life of a medical doctor as a veteran of the trade shares thoughts with the next generation of prospective doctors. The film has an strange obsession with both the status doctors receive in society and the difficulty of telling a family one of its members has pasted away. The [...]
Historic Food Supplement Film
This vintage promotional Nutrilite film combines fascinating production shots and interesting narration to provide an inside look at the rigid process used in the food supplements creation. Featuring beautiful footage of the scenic Hemet Valley, the film includes an in depth analysis of alfalfa production; how its grown, harvested, chopped, composted, dried and beaten to [...]
Historic Human Growth Film
This DVD features a unconscionable human growth study in which two twins are studied to find the effects of physical activity on human grow and development. Included Films:
Historic Malaria Films
Considered a major epidemic during the 1940s, malaria caused many health and economic problems to Americans. This DVD features two informative films on the life cycle of the mosquitoes that transmit malaria, including information on their breeding places, and the risks they impose to families. Take a close-up look at these pesky insects! Included Films:
Historic Menstruation Films
These campy classic feminine hygiene films discuss the menstrual cycle, having your first period and the female reproductive system. Common physical and emotional symptoms such as pms, cramps and bleeding and the proper application of tampons and feminine napkins are covered at length. Included Films:
Historic Pharmacist & Pharmacy Vocational Film
This DVD features a vintage vocational film that?s all about what its like to become a pharmacist. This movie was digitized and converted to DVD format from 16mm film…you cant find this special product anywhere else! Included Films:
Historic Quarantine Film
Merely everyone traveling into the United States from another country is supposed to be screened for health issues, illnesses and diseases that could be easily spread and contagious. The vintage film Guardians Of Our Countrys Health shows how the American government handles these issues through their border and quarantine stations. Watch this DVD edition of [...]
Historic Skin Care Films
Produced by Encyclopedia Britanica Films Inc. in Collaboration with Francis Eugene Senear, M.D. Head, Department of Dermatology, University of Illinois. Included Films:
Historic Tuberculosis Films
Table of Contents: Tuberculosis (1955)11 minutes – This is a fun little film that shows a general history and overview of the effects of tuberculosis on our society. / On the Firing Line (1936) 20 minutes – A fantastic film that has great timeless statistics as well as footage and information about the fight against [...]
Historic Ulcer Film
This is a DVD edition of a classic 1957 stomach ulcer film produced to spread information about the unfortunate, painful medical condition. The film was produced by the University of Oklahoma ? get it now on DVD! Included Films:
Inside/Outside: The Story of Food and Fitness
Do you know what your insides think about the way you eat? Winner of the Cine Golden Eagle Film and Video Competition, “Inside/Outside: The Story of Food and Fitness,” explores ways to be healthy from the point of view of our insides. It picks apart an overweight man, who is able to exercise and eat [...]
Rest and Health (1949)
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Taking the “X” Out of X-Rays (1940s )
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The Heart (1950)
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The Sixth Sense (1949)
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Unconditional Surrender (1956)
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Victims with Disabilities
Table of Contents: (1) Evacuating from a tall building during a fire is easier for some than others. Disabled people have a harder time traversing the stairs in a tall building and “Everybody Needs a Buddy Sometimes,” talks about the proper ways of evacuating a building with disabled people working, living, or visiting in. Other [...]
Vintage Disease & Infections Films
Did you wash your hands before dinner? Marvelous collection of post WWII disease and infections films developed for teenagers and young adults. The common theme is BEWARE of everything and some of the guidelines proposed to prevent catching a disease are outrageous. Never share your food and always spitting into a toilet when a family [...]
Vintage Health & the Human Body Films
The most miraculous power-station known to us is the heart. The heart along with the eyes, ears, larynx, and the dozens of other organs make up an even more miraculous creations, the Human Body. This DVD brings together some of the most interesting human body and biology films from the past for unique look at [...]
Vintage Insomnia & Sleeping Disorder Films
Dreams dont make much sense do they? The Sleep and Insomnia films collection is a rare glimpse into the past when sleeping disorders were becoming acknowledged as a widespread problem. Research and science have explained lots about sleeping and dreaming since the 50s, but these fascinating film attempted to explain how to get good sleep, [...]
Vintage Vision & Optometry Films
This is the only DVD compilation about historic vision and sight films. Get this two film collection from the 1930s! Awesome scientific piece of biological history. Included Films:
Vintage X-Ray & Radiology Films
This two-film X-Ray collection is the only such DVD compilation of its kind. See the world of X-Ray technology as it was viewed in the early 1940s. My, How Things Have Changed in the World of Science! What a great piece of historical documentation in an important scientific field. Included Films:
WWII Sex Education & Venereal Diseases Film
This is a fascinating film about syphilis made in the thick of World War II. Its unusual in its level handedness: the film is full of reasonable discussion and openness. This era in American history was infamous for its sweeping under the rug of any unpleasantness in society. Uncharacteristically, the leading man who contracts syphilis [...]
You are the Switchman (1951)
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