Films from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, ca. 1964 - ca. 1966

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Films from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, ca. 1964 - ca. 1966

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This series consists of informational films and public service announcements produced by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), including silent and unedited footage. The finished films appear to be aimed at the public and include nonfiction, fictionalized, and cartoon formats. The films cover topics such as community health services, the role of the Food and Drug Administration, the problems of the elderly, air pollution, programs to reduce juvenile delinquency, the dangers of hallucinogenic drugs, the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Medicare, and the U.S.-led immunization efforts in South Vietnam and Tonga. They include remarks by President Johnson, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and HEW Secretary Wilbur Cohen, as well as footage of Lady Bird Johnson’s tour of the Communicable Disease Center in Atlanta on May 11, 1964. Narration in the films is provided by actors such as Gregory Peck, Raymond Massey, and Burt Lancaster. The films also include reviews of services related to HEW, including those provided by: the Public Health Service, which conducts research into the curing of disease; the Communicable Disease Center, responsible for the accumulation and dissemination of knowledge about fungal, viral, bacterial, and parasitical disease; the National Institutes of Health, the largest medical research center in the world; and the Captioned Films for the Deaf program and other deaf educational services for deaf people.

31 linear feet, 6 linear inches

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library

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Lyndon Baines Johnson Library

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