VD Quiz : Getting the Right Answers (1977)

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Titre :
VD Quiz : Getting the Right Answers
Series :
/
Year of production :
1977
Country of production :
United States
Director(s) :
Leon Kesson
Actors :
Leonard Nimoy
Duration :
25 minutes
Format :
speaking film - Color - 8 mm
Original languages :
English
Subtitles and transcription :
English, French
Production companies :
American Educational Films
Commissioning body :
American Social Health Association
Archive holder(s) :
Internet Archive
Corpus :
FNSNF

Main credits

(français)

(Générique de début :)

THIS FILM IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF PHILIP R. MATHER

AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL FILMS, INC. AND THE AMERICAN SOCIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION PRESENT (...)
VD QUIZ
GETTING THE RIGHT ANSWERS

(Générique de fin)

VD QUIZ

WRITTEN BY JILL BAKER, SAM KNOX, BOB SPRINGER
DIRECTED BY LEON KESSON
PRODUCED BY ROBERT SPRINGER

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER BRAD GOLDBERG
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY ROBBIE GREENBERG
EDITOR DONALD MACDONAL
ASSISTANT CAMERAMAN JED SKILLMAN
(...) ORIGINAL MUSIC BY PHILLAN BISHOP

CONSULTANTS
JOHN J. BEESTON, M.D.
CHARLES A. HOFFMAN M.D.
COL. FRANCK MCFALL, USAR (RET.)
DR. E.J. MCCLENDON

DISTRIBUTED BY AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL FILMS
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA

Content

Medical themes

Theme

Main genre

Documentary

Synopsis

Context

"Mr. Mather had been a member of a mining concern, Pickands, Mather & Co., Cleveland, and was a director of several companies.
In 1936 he retired from business to work as a volunteer in health and welfare. He became a board of the American Social Health (then Hygiene) Association in 1940, president in 1948 and chair man in 1959.
The association, which has its headquarters in New York, carries on campaigns to fight veneral disease and drug abuse."

https://www.nytimes.com/1973/09/21/archives/philip-r-mather-headed-social-health-association.html (Consulté le 9 mars 2026)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickands_Mather_Group (Consulté le 9 mars 2026)

(français)

"Philip Richard Mather était membre d'une société minière, Pickands, Mather & Co. à Cleveland, Ohio, États-Unis, et était directeur de plusieurs entreprises. Il prend sa retraite en 1936 pour travailler en tant que bénévole dans les domaines de la santé et de l'aide sociale. Il rejoint l'American Social Health Association en tant que membre du Conseil d'Administration en 1940, il en devient le directeur en 1948 et le président en 1959. L'association dont le siège est basé à New-York, mène des campagnes pour lutter contre les maladies vénériennes et l'abus de drogues."
Philipp Richard Mather, Président de l'ASHA : https://www.nytimes.com/1973/09/21/archives/philip-r-mather-headed-social-health-association.html (Consulté le 9 mars 2026)
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickands_Mather_Group (Consulté le 9 mars 2026)

Il a été président de l' American Social Hygiene Association, ce qui explique pourquoi le film lui est dédié. De plus, VD quiz : Getting the Right Answers a été commandité par l'ASHA dans le cadre de la création de la VD Hotline, une permanence téléphonique gratuite visant à informer et aider la population au sujet des maladies vénériennes. Initialement composée de bénévoles, la permanence téléphonique est vite arrivée à plus de 100 000 appels par an. En 1989, la VD Hotline est devenue la CDC National STD hotline (Ligne d'assistance nationale du Center for Disease Control sur les maladies sexuellemnt transmissibles) et a continué d’être gérée par l’ASHA jusqu’en 2005.

Structuring elements of the film

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

How does the film direct the viewer’s attention?

How are health and medicine portrayed?

Broadcasting and reception

Where is the film screened?

Presentations and events associated with the film

Audience

Local, national, or international audience

Description

References and external documents

(français)

Family trees of the Mather Rex Sibal Schaffner Henke Davis and allied families

https://www.matherclan.com/trees/descend.php?personID=I4197&tree=Tree-1 (Consulté le 9/3/2026)

His dad : Samuel Livingston, Philip, Constance, Amasa Stone. In 1882 he was involved in the formation of Pickands, Mather & Co. He was instrumental in aligning the company with the steel industry, and in the merger with U.S.Steel in 1902.

https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/19454497/samuel_livingston-mather (Consulté le 9/3/2026)

His mother : Married Samuel Mather in 1881. Mother of Samuel Livingston, Amasa Stone, Philip Richard and Constance (Bishop). Founded Goodrich House 1n 1896 and supporting outgrowth activities the Legal Aid Society and The Consumers League of Ohio. Her will provided funds to 30 religious, educational, and charitable institutions, including funds for Amasa Stone Chapel on the CWRU campus.

https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/19455043/flora_amelia-mather (Consulté le 9 mars 2026)

Contributors

  • Transcription English : Alexia Choron
  • Subtitles French : Alexia Choron, Stéphane Audusseau, Giulia Bonini, Thomas Castillo, Vitalii Dolenko, Francesca Dutto, Gianluca Galli, Camille Gassion, Camille Haeusel, Theodosia Karlafti, Yanis Labidi, Anthony Maghlaoui, Émilie Rakotomamonjy
  
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