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Film, Video Man to man

digital viewing copy

About this Item

Title

  • Man to man

Summary

  • "Warm sympathy and human understanding are powerful instruments in helping mental health patients; this is the inherent message of this film. This documentary is focused primarily on the relationship between two people: an elderly man who cannot feed himself and will not respond when approached, and a psychiatric aide (attendant) who refused to be discouraged even though help for the patient seems hopeless. Genuine suspense is achieved as the aide, with infinite patience and honest compassion, wins the confidence of the patient. The team approach of the hospital staff and glimpses of ward life and hospital routine are shown. The importance of the aide in hospital treatment is emphasized."--National Library of Medicine.

Names

  • Jacoby, Irving, film director, screenwriter
  • Neher, Jack, screenwriter
  • Leacock, Richard, cinematographer
  • Boyajian, Aram (Filmmaker), film editor
  • Rennie, Thomas A. C. (Thomas Alexander Cumming), 1904-1956, consultant
  • Green, William F., consultant
  • Affiliated Film Producers, production company
  • Mental Health Film Board (New York, N.Y.), other
  • International Film Bureau, film distributor

Created / Published

  • United States : International Film Bureau, Inc., 1954.

Headings

  • -  Mental illness--Treatment
  • -  Interpersonal relations
  • -  Psychiatric hospitals
  • -  Allied health personnel and patient

Genre

  • Instructional films
  • Sponsored films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  ©1954 M.H.F.B. copyright notice on film
  • -  Featuring: Fairfield State Hospital staff.
  • -  Cinematographer, Richard Leacock ; editor, Aram Boyajian ; consultants, T.A.C. Rennie and William F. Green.
  • -  Filmed at Fairfield State Hospital in Newton, Connecticut.
  • -  Sources used: A guide to film services of national associations, 1954, p. 93 viewed February 23, 2024 via Media History Digital Library; National Library of Medicine WWW site, viewed February 23, 2024.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (approximately 31 min.) : sd., b&w.

Source Collection

  • American Archives of the Factual Film Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024601044

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Jacoby, Irving, Film Director, Screenwriter, Jack Neher, Richard Leacock, Aram Boyajian, Thomas A. C Rennie, William F Green, Other Mental Health Film Board, and Film Distributor International Film Bureau. Man to Man. produceds by Affiliated Film Producersuction Company United States: International Film Bureau, Inc, 1954. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024601044/.

APA citation style:

Jacoby, I., Neher, J., Leacock, R., Boyajian, A., Rennie, T. A. C., Green, W. F. [...] International Film Bureau, F. D. (1954) Man to Man. Affiliated Film Producersuction Company, prod United States: International Film Bureau, Inc. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024601044/.

MLA citation style:

Jacoby, Irving, Film Director, Screenwriter, et al. Man to Man. prod by Affiliated Film Producersuction Company United States: International Film Bureau, Inc, 1954. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024601044/>.