Army film on postwar devastation and the threat of disease

Identifier
irn1000769
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.0924
Dates
1 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United Films (Producer)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)
  • Irving Jacoby (Director)
  • Peter F. Elgar (Editor)
  • Henry Brant (Editor)

Scope and Content

Orientation Film no. 17: shows widespread devastation and deprivation resulting from the war and conducive to disease and epidemics. Reel 1: Explains how these dangers can be combated. Contains many scenes of personal suffering of war refugees and displaced persons. Shows how uncontrolled reunions spread diseases.

Subjects

  • REFUGEES
  • DISINFECTION
  • FOOD
  • EXPULSION/RESETTLEMENT
  • PROPAGANDA
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY
  • DESTRUCTION
  • CLOTHES
  • UNRRA
  • ITALY
  • DISPLACED PERSONS (DP)
  • DISEASES
  • MEDICAL CARE

Places

  • , Europe
  • , Soviet Union
  • , Germany
  • , China
  • Washington, DC, United States

Genre

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