Animation of Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacteria. C. diphtheriae is a gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium which is transmitted by respiratory droplets and causes the disease diphtheria. Diphtheria is characterised by the formation of fibrin-containing membranes on the tonsils and on the surface of the respiratory tract that can lead to respiratory obstruction (difficulties in breathing). C. diphtheriae also produces a toxin which affects the heart, nervous system and kidneys.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

4-YEAR-OLD BOY DIES AFTER CONTRACTING DIPHTHERIA.

00:00:00:00 SOT Jacqueline Simmons; dept of hlth concerning child who died of diptheria, & as a result all children must receive shot. (0:00)/

This item has no title. <br/> <br/>"MofI GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL" <br/> <br/>A man leaving hospital with very serious face. A young boy asks him the time and his face dissolves into serious of images from the past. <br/> <br/>Various shots of him, a young woman and a baby. Parents discuss whether to immunise the baby against diphtheria and keep putting it off. Last images are those of a doctor saying to parents 'We've done everything we can...' <br/> <br/>A man standing with watch in his hand. Superimposed letters read 'Diphtheria is Deadly'.

Diphtheria and Smallpox vaccination at the Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit (2799 W Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48202, United States). A nurse disinfects a boy's upper arm. A doctor inoculates the boy with Smallpox vaccine. The nurse puts cotton and band aid on the boy's upper arm. The doctor and nurse clean the boy's lower arm with disinfectants. Doctor injects Diphtheria vaccine on the boy. Nurse assists doctor. Location: Detroit Michigan USA. Date: 1936.

VOLUNTEERS ARRIVE TO HELP, STUDENTS OF HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH STUDY MAP TRACKING DIPHTHERIA. MEETING IN THE DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICE. CU DIPHTHERIA PAMPHLET

ORIG. COLOR 600' SOF / MAG. CUT STORY: PEOPLE LINING UP AT MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM WAITING FOR DIPHTHERIA SHOTS. VS PEOPLE GETTING SHOTS. VS PEOPLE LEAVING. MORE OF LINES AND PEOPLE ARRIVING AND LEAVING. MORE OF PEOPLE GETTING SHOTS, REACTION OF KIDS, ETC. INTVW. DOCTOR ABOUT DIPHTHERIA OUTBREAK. CI: GEOGRAPHIC: TEXAS, SAN ANTONIO. HEALTH: INJECTIONS. HEALTH: DISEASE: DIPHTHERIA. HEALTH: EPIDEMIC.

DIPHTHERIA

&lt;p>--SUPERS--&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>File&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>New York&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>--LEAD IN – &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>A STUDY OF A FAMED SLED DOG’S D-N-A IS HELPING SCIENTISTS UNDERSTAND HOW DOGS OF THE PAST COMPARE TO MODERN DOGS. &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>--VO SCRIPT—&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>THE SLED DOG BALTO HAS BEEN CELEBRATED FOR HIS ROLE IN DELIVERING ANTITOXIN SUPPLIES TO A REMOTE ALASKAN TOWN IN 19-25 DURING THE DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>AND NOW, HIS D-N-A IS OFFERING INSIGHT INTO HOW GENETIC DIVERSITY AFFECTS THE HEALTH OF DOGS -- BOTH PAST AND PRESENT. &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ SEQUENCED D-N-A SAMPLES FROM BALTO’S TAXIDERMIED SPECIMEN AND COMPARED THEM TO THOSE OF CURRENT LIVING DOG BREEDS. &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>THEY FOUND THAT BALTO’S GENOME IS MORE DIVERSE — AND ULTIMATELY HEALTHIER — THAN THAT OF MOST DOG BREEDS TODAY. &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>AND HE CAME FROM A POPULATION OF WORKING DOGS THAT HAD TRAITS THAT MADE THEM MORE FIT TO TRAVEL AND SURVIVE IN HARSH CONDITIONS. &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>--TAG—&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Balto WAS RAISED IN THE KENNEL OF BREEDER LEONHARD SEPPALA…&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>HE BELONGED TO A POPULATION OF SMALL, FAST SLED DOGS IMPORTED FROM SIBERIA THAT BECAME KNOWN AS SIBERIAN HUSKIES. &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>--KEYWORD TAGS--&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>BALTO SIBERIAN HUSKY SLED DOGS ALASKA RESEARCH DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC ANTITOXIN &lt;/p>

This item has no title. <br/> <br/>"MofI GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL" <br/> <br/>DIPHTHERIA TRAILER <br/> <br/>Close up shot of a nursery clock ticking. Close up shot of a little girl's face. Various shots - animated diagrams - showing how the diphtheria germs get into the child's body and what effects they have on it. Follows succession of diagrams showing how the immunised body reacts to diphtheria germs. Close up shot of the little girl's face with letters 'Immunisation' appearing over it. Message appears on blank screen reading "Have your Child Immunised - Ask at the Council Offices". <br/> <br/>(Mute & Track Negs.)

FDA APPROVES SAFER VACCINES FOR CHILDREN AND INFANTS.

Precautions taken to prevent diseases in New York, United States. Bar diagrams show the deaths in 1890 due to diphtheria before the use of antitoxin and significant reduction in the death toll after its use in 1920. Location: New York United States USA. Date: 1924.

DOCTOR MAKES HOUSE CALL, GIVING POOR CHILDREN TOXOID SHOTS AGAINST DIPHTHERIA.

Sniffles and Sneezes

2/12/69 A0060217 - C0007421 / COLOR MIAMI, FLORIDA: FREE DIPHTHERIA SHOTS GIVEN IN EPIDEMIC AREA: NX 422678 & NXC 1405 "DIPHTHERIA SHOTS" SHOWS: PAN DOWN FLAGS TO SCHOOL: MS CHILDREN DOWN CORRIDOR: AA SAME: CU SIGN "CLINIC": 7S CHILDREN RECEIVE VACCINE: MS POLICEMAN RECEIVES SHOT: BS OTHERS LEAVE CLINIC: (SHOT 12/11/69 48FT) EPIDEMIC - DIPHTHERIA FLORIDA - MIAMI SCHOOLS (SS) FLAGS - US FLAGS - FLORIDA INOCULATION CHILDREN (SS) INOCULATION XX / 48 FT / 16 COL / POS / D28590 48 FT / 16 DUPE / NEG 100 FT / 16 COL / POS / CUTS

Animation of Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacteria. C. diphtheriae is a gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium which is transmitted by respiratory droplets and causes the disease diphtheria. Diphtheria is characterised by the formation of fibrin-containing membranes on the tonsils and on the surface of the respiratory tract that can lead to respiratory obstruction (difficulties in breathing). C. diphtheriae also produces a toxin which affects the heart, nervous system and kidneys.

This black-and-white silent educational film produced by Films of Commerce Co. is part of a series of National Health Council films designed to educate viewers on water sanitation and safe health practices. The film opens with a title card: “Water is necessary for life” (0:31). A rushing river and waterfall. Title card: “To supply safe water, American communities spend millions of dollars— they build mammoth dams and reservoirs” (1:06). The New Croton Dam, built in 1906, which spans the Croton River as part of the New York City water supply system (1:15). A fountain and lake near the dam. Title card: “The human body is mostly water. A chemist would analyze a person something like this” (2:02). Diagram showing chemical constituents of the human body (75% water) (2:42). Title card: “Water is healthful. (1) It is a necessary part of the blood circulation” (2:46). Closeup of blood circulating through the body. Men playing handball (3:16); title cards describing how water replaces loss through perspiration and lubricates the body (3:30). Closeup of female eyes blinking; man lubricating a steam engine. Title card describing how water keeps the body clean (3:54); child rubbing face with washcloth. Title card: water helps avoid constipation (4:20); a man fills an office water cooler cup. Title card: “Health authorities recommend at least two quarts of water daily” (4:46). A clock; a boy wakes up, brushes teeth, drinks from water fountain (5:28), drinks water with dinner, drinks after playing outside. Harvard football players in leather helmets drink water at practice; title card says giving players paper water cups, started by Coach Houghton, is now general practice (6:25). An employee gives factory workers cups of water (7:07). Title card from National Safety Council describes benefits of giving employees water (7:17). Title card describes dangers of drinking “from a common glass;” multiple workers shown refilling a glass from a water fountain (7:45). Quote from Dr. Alvin Davidson at Lafayette College describing germs on public drinking cups. Bacteria from the glass is shown growing on an agar plate (9:47). A female scientist examines them under a microscope. Colonies for pneumonia, diphtheria, tuberculosis, trench mouth (10:26). Part two of film starts at 11:15. Different varieties of drinking glasses; a common drinking cup is defined as “any drinking vessel not sterilized between users” (11:47). List of diseases U.S. Public Health Service says are spread by common cups (12:13). Children drinking from unsterilized glasses at a soda fountain (13:21). A skull-and-crossbones shadow passing over a glass. Title card saying sterilization requires live steam or air at 250 degrees Fahrenheit or boiling for 5 minutes (14:45); title card from Dr. Theodore Appell promoting paper cups. Sign for Martin’s Store in background at a soda fountain with paper cups (15:44). “Safe drinking water ahead” sign on an auto route (15:51). A tourist drinks from a tin can at an outdoor water source; two boys go to drink from the same can, but their mother gives them paper cups instead. A wayside cart owner rinses communal glasses in a bucket of water (17:20). A waitress serves restaurant patrons with paper cups. A man in overalls drinks from a dipper and bucket; title card “This is the safe way” and bucket is replaced with paper cups (18:15). Children in Scout uniforms drink from paper cups on a camping trip. Title card forbidding common cups in waiting rooms, trains, boats, airplanes (19:22). Passengers disembark from a United Airlines plane (19:42). Title cards: “Modern Transportation” (20:00), “Modern Sanitation” (20:24). A stewardess serves passengers in single service cups. Film ends showing drinking glasses replaced by paper cups. "Are you getting this protection?” End credits. <p> <p>Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below.<p><p>This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com

08/23/70 C0012759 / COLOR SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS: IMMUNIZATION DRIVE IN TEXAS AS DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC SPREADS: NXC 43520 "INOCULATIONS" SHOWS: SIGN "CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT": PAN TO PEOPLE ENTERING EMERGENCY: IMMUNIZATION CENTER: 2S MAN HANDING OUT RECORD CARDS AS PEOPLE ENTER: SEV SHOTS CROWD INSIDE AND PEOPLE RECEIVE: SHOTS, BOY CRYING DURING SAME, ETC: (SHOT 8/22/70 47FT) EPIDEMICS - DIPHTHERIA TEXAS - SAN ANTONIO INOCULATIONS MEDICINE XX / 47 FT / 16 COL / POS / R27292 150 FT / 16 COL / POS / CUTS

Animation of Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacteria. C. diphtheriae is a gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium which is transmitted by respiratory droplets and causes the disease diphtheria. Diphtheria is characterised by the formation of fibrin-containing membranes on the tonsils and on the surface of the respiratory tract that can lead to respiratory obstruction (difficulties in breathing). C. diphtheriae also produces a toxin which affects the heart, nervous system and kidneys.