Cancer (1949)

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Title :

Cancer

Year of production :

1949

Country of production :

United States

Director(s) :

Scientific advisor(s) :

Duration :

30 minutes

Format :

speaking film - Color - 35 mm

Original languages :

English

Subtitles and transcription :

English, French

Production companies :

Audio Productions Inc.

Commissioning body :

American Cancer Society, National Cancer Association

Archive holder(s) :

United States National Library of Medicine

Main credits

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PASSED BY THE COMMITTEE on MEDICAL MOTION PICTURES
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
1949

CANCER
COPYRIGHT MCMXVLIX – AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC.

The Problem of Early Diagnosis

Presented by THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY and THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE OF THE U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

Produced by AUDIO PRODUCTIONS, INC. NEW YORK, N.Y.

Content

Medical themes

• Physiotherapy. Physical therapy. Radiotherapy. Other nonmedicinal therapeutic treatment
• Tumours. Neoplasms. Blastomata. Choristomata. Hamartomata. Oncology
• Semeiology. Symptomatology. Signs and symptoms. Examination. Diagnosis. Propaedeutics
• Treatment
• Pathology of the respiratory system. Complaints of the respiratory organs
• Pathology of the digestive system. Complaints of the alimentary canal
• Pathology of the urogenital system. Urinary and sexual (genital) complaints. Urology
• Surgery. Orthopaedics. Ophthalmology

Theme

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Diagnostic précoce, chirurgie et pronostic des cinq cancers les plus fréquents (sein, col de l'utérus, estomac, rectum, poumon).

Main genre

Documentary

Résumé

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Context

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Structuring elements of the film

• Reporting footage : Yes.
• Set footage : No.
• Archival footage : No.
• Animated sequences : No.
• Intertitles : Yes.
• Host : No.
• Voix off : Yes.
• Interview : No.
• Music and sound effects : Yes.
• Images featured in other films : No.

How does the film direct the viewer’s attention?

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How are health and medicine portrayed?

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Broadcasting and reception

Where is the film screened?

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Presentations and events associated with the film

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Audience

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Médecins généralistes.

Description

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Supplementary notes

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References and external documents

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Contributors

• Transcription En, : Julie Manuel
  
• Subtitles French : Ariane Fénart