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Film re: medical examinations and cancer

Film | Accession Number: 2001.359.1 | RG Number: RG-60.3706 | Film ID: 2630

Lecture to medical school students. Contrasting people who go to fortune tellers against those who go for proper medical examinations. Breast exam by doctor. A biopsy done, slides examined under microscope. Surgery, radiation. Doctor with woman. Meanwhile, man with moustache goes to a quack, sells all his belongings to pay for treatments while getting worse and worse. Evenutually the quack is on trial. Lawyer's statement. Judge in robes with Nazi insignia. Message: "Kampf dem Krebs / Vertrauet den Arzt" [Fight Cancer / Trust the doctor]. "Rechtzeitig erkannt, rechtzeitig bekämpft ist Krebs heilbar." [Diagnosed in time, treated in time, cancer can be cured.]


Film Title
Volkskrankheit Krebs [The Common Illness - Cancer]
Duration
00:14:00
Locale
Germany
Language
German
Genre/Form
Documentary.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv

About This Film

Contributor
Director: Walter Ruttman
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Fair
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 2630 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
    Master 2630 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
    Master 2630 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
    Master 2630 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Film Provenance
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the Bundesarchiv in Berlin, Germany in January 2001 for possible use in the Museum's special exhibition "Deadly Medicine.".
Note
Other credits:
Manuscript: Walter Ruttman, Ernst Dahle. Scientific consultant: Prof. Dr. Auler
Copied From
16mm
Film Source
Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
File Number
Legacy Database File: 3879
Source Archive Number: 111 (B 63322)

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
Copyright
Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.
Conditions on Use
Researchers who wish to use this footage should contact the Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv at filmbenutzung@bundesarchiv.de to sign a release, or submit the online request form at: https://www.bundesarchiv.de/EN/Content/Downloads/request-for-use-av-material.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 22:04:08
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