Synopsis
This sex education film was created to educate students about sexual diseases such as gonorrhea and syphilis. Sexual education films are arguably more closely tied to film than any other subject in the public schooling system. The first sexual education film was shown in schools in Eugene, Oregon in 1948. It was a 16mm called "Human Growth'. It opens with shots of sports fans in a crammed football stadium (:12). The camera pans over the players in the field (:16). The film turns to provide statistics on recent reported contractions of STDS. The stadium holds 100,000 and this number is used to explain the ratio of those with syphilis (:37) and gohnneria (:45). The number increases after five years (:52). Half of this portion was teenagers and this is the film’s target area. The organism known as syphilis is called 'spirochaeta'. This bacteria is zoomed in on through microscope (1:23). Today the bacteria is known as Treponema pallidum. The bacteria which causes gonorrhea is explored and is known as gonococcus (1:31). These bacteria can thrive in areas such as the trash can (1:42), dirty water (1:49) or unclean utensils (1:57). Soaps suds can kill the live bacteria (2:07). The door knob is not a place the disease can be contracted. Once the bacteria is airborne, it dies (2:07). An animation explains how the STD’s are passed through sexual conduct (2:55). Gonorrhea is passed only through the mucus membrane (3:46). The progress of growth of gonorrhea is explored in the males…
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Details
- Running time
- 15 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Stock Footage
- Human Growth
- County Public Health Department
- Los Angeles City Schools
- County Health Department
- Churchill Film
- Periscope Film
