A half million teenagers

Duration: 0:15:16

Genre: Educational | Medical

Year Published: 1969

Creator: Churchill Films: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Discusses the prevalence of venereal disease, especially among teenagers, and emphasizes the need for recognition of symptoms and prompt treatment to prevent further spread of this type of disease. Indicates that more than one-half million teenagers contracted venereal disease in a recent year. Uses microcinematography to show the spirochete which causes syphilis and the gonococcus which causes gonorrhea. Describes the symptoms of each disease in the male and female, stressing the importance of prompt treatment. Revised version. Formerly "A Quarter Million Teenagers")

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