A quarter million teenagers

Duration: 0:16:00

Genre: Educational | Social problem | Youth

Year Published: 1964

Creator: 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 of the more than one million new cases of venereal disease in a recent year, more than one quarter were teenagers. 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 and stresses the importance of prompt treatment.

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