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Cancer (1953)

1953 · Ephemeral film · 2 min

Synopsis

DESCRIBES THE NATURE OF CANCER & ITS DETECTION & TREATMENT.

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Details

Running time
2 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives
Internet Archive item
0522_Cancer_18_43_02_28

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★ · I'm so hungry I could eat.... · Spuzz · 2016-01-30

Early warning film about Cancer that is surprisingly straight forward and informational. Granted, being the time that the film was made, I am not too sure of how much that info is factual now (eg the Doctor telling the patient that Cancer is not hereditary for one). Quite interesting to watch some of the exploration about the common myths of the time about the disease as well (eg "Only old people get it"). A very interesting short.