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Film, Video Feeling all right

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About this Item

Title

  • Feeling all right

Summary

  • Roy, an African American farmer, learns about syphilis the hard way when he catches the sexually transmitted disease from a fling in the nearby rural town. This dramatized sex ed film shows how the venereal disease is transmitted and how and where to get treatment. The film addresses peer pressure and emotional issues (fear, embarrassment) associated with the disease.

Names

  • Lasse, Fred, film director
  • Clifford, William T., film producer
  • Read, Nicholas Cabell, 1916-1998, contributor
  • Stoney, George C., contributor
  • Marshall, Eldred, 1924-1970, actor
  • Weisenborn, Gordon, cinematographer
  • Applebaum, Louis, 1918-2000, composer
  • Mississippi. State Board of Health, presenter, sponsor
  • Southern Educational Film Production Service, production company
  • Columbia University Educational Films, film distributor
  • Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Columbia University Educational Films, 1949.

Headings

  • -  Syphilis--Mississippi--Delta (Region)
  • -  Public health--Mississippi--Delta (Region)
  • -  African Americans--Health and hygiene--Mississippi--Delta (Region)

Genre

  • Educational films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  MP4607 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Mississippi State Board of Health; 1Feb49 (in notice: 1948); MP4607.
  • -  Eldred Marshall Jr., Blanche "Blandy" Parks, Thelma Bonds, Florida Marshall, Margaret Lindsay, George Mix (or Micks?).
  • -  Camera, Gordon Weisenborn ; music, Louis Applebaum ; technical advisor, William A. Mason.
  • -  Filmed in the Delta region of Mississippi.
  • -  Summary adapted from Chicago Film Archives.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1940-1949, p. 115; See and hear, October 1949, vol. 5, issue 2, p. 45 viewed online May 24, 2024 via Media History Digital Library; National Film Preservation Foundation WWW site, viewed May 24, 2024; Chicago Film Archives WWW site, viewed May 24, 2024.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (approximately 33 min.) : sd., b&w.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024601105

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Lasse, Fred, Film Director, William T Clifford, Nicholas Cabell Read, George C Stoney, Eldred Marshall, Gordon Weisenborn, Presenter Mississippi. State Board Of Health, Film Distributor Columbia University Educational Films, and Copyright Collection. Feeling All Right. composeds by Applebaum, Louis, , produceds by Southern Educational Film Production Serviceuction Company United States: Columbia University Educational Films, 1949. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024601105/.

APA citation style:

Lasse, F., Clifford, W. T., Read, N. C., Stoney, G. C., Marshall, E., Weisenborn, G. [...] Copyright Collection. (1949) Feeling All Right. Applebaum, L., comp, , Southern Educational Film Production Serviceuction Company, prod United States: Columbia University Educational Films. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024601105/.

MLA citation style:

Lasse, Fred, Film Director, et al. Feeling All Right. comp by Applebaum, Louis, , prod by Southern Educational Film Production Serviceuction Company United States: Columbia University Educational Films, 1949. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024601105/>.