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Summary
GIFT OF CHOICE
Footage Information
Source | Archive Films by Getty Images |
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Title: | GIFT OF CHOICE |
File Number: | AFP-135BY 16mm; VTM-135BY Beta SP; NET-152 DigiBeta (at 01:00:00:00); Beta SP |
Color: | B W |
Type: | Educational |
Year: | 1965 |
Description: | B W 1965 Social-issues documentary about medical advances in contraception. Various birth-control advocates and researchers are interviewed, and shown working in their laboratories these scenes are intercut with montage sequences (largely made up of archival footage). 00:29:42:00 B W 1965 vs Montage of various images: modern sculpture of mother and child microscope slide with drop of liquid on it pyramids of Egypt, Hindu temple, Greek columns crowd of people around the world - India? Japan? religious procession scientist looks through microscope crowded truck drives down road in tropical country. 00:32:10:00 B W 1965 ms Woman laboratory technician puts lab rat on scale ECU white rat. 00:33:48:00 B W 1965 ms Montage of scientists important in the development of birth-control pills: Gregory Pincus, George Korner, John Rock, Bernard Zondek [spellings approximate]. 00:33:45:00 B W 1965 vs Montage: Sign, FAMILY PLANNING INSTITUTE GOVT OF INDIA Indian woman holding two babies woman washing clothes in river CU primitive abacus CU Muslim woman in veil Gothic cathedral Christian woman makes sign of the cross CU Asian woman resting, head on pillow. 00:34:34:00 B W 1965 vs Contraception in India: Indian woman doctor teaching other women about birth control - she holds picture of uterus Sign: GOVERNMENT OF INDIA FAMILY PLANNING STUDY CU package of birth-control pills CU faces of Indian women CU IUD device. 00:35:44:00 B W 1965 ms Woman doctor greets woman patient, listens with stethoscope (Dr Anna Southam, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City.) 00:36:56:00 B W 1965 cu Bird's nest with two eggs child examines egg. 00:38:00:00 B W 1965 ms Dr Richard Blandau [sp?], hormone researcher microcinematography of ovulation, showing rat ovary follicle rupturing and releasing egg, ovum. 00:41:26:00 B W 1965 ms Man in business suit kisses his wife goodbye in front of house looks like England. 00:41:48:00 B W 1965 cu Plastic model of human brain. (Others follow.) 00:42:00:00 B W 1965 cu Two rabbits, generic rabbit with electrode in its head, animal experimentation. Also, pituitary gland researcher Dr Jeffrey Harris. 00:47:10:00 B W 1965 cu PAN, laboratory shelves with bottles of chemicals drugs, medicine. 00:47:30:00 B W 1965 cu Animated diagrams of ovulation: egg cell settles into uterus ovum breaks from ovary animated sperm cell. 00:54:16:00 B W 1965 vs Montage: babies in maternity ward, nurse places several babies together in crib women working in wheat field, India men plow field with water buffalo ragged Indian child children run from school building, Japan? children hold hands in circle doctor examines malnourished baby. 00:56:30:00 B W 1965 vs Montage: Indian woman washing clothes on riverbank little Indian girl praying, hands together poor Latin American woman feeds one child with spoon, then kisses baby's feet faces of Third World people farmer plows earth with oxen, India |