The Modern Crusaders (1958)

this research center is one of many the people are fighters in a cause their uniform is a white coat their armaments complicated instruments devoted skill and unfailing determination their enemy cancer day by day these scientists doctors and research workers the mid 20th century crusaders carry on their search for new drugs new discoveries new cures that will continue and finally complete their great offensive against disease little by little in the back rooms the work of research goes ahead while hour by hour in the hospitals the brilliant skill of the surgeons is saving the lives of what were once hopeless cases the radio therapists are battling on and will eventually win the day but behind this skill and these techniques the research must go on without it we count the cost in lives with it we must still count the cost but not in lives in money a great deal of money six thousand five hundred pounds for this machine ten thousand pounds for this electron microscope and twenty thousand wouldn't pay for this x-ray machine this disease is a costly burden a burden on us all for remember your contribution now a penny or a pound will help to pay for this vital research to ensure a happier world for the future can you refuse the anxious appeal of the british empire cancer campaign for your aid in carrying on the fight every penny helps please give generously