Breast Self-Examination

Duration: 4:00

Year Published: 1950

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Complete Record:

(1950, sound, 42min, color, 16mm) Sponsors: American Cancer Society; national Cancer institute, U.S. public Health Service. production Co.: Audio productions inc. resources: Copyright 1 Jun 50 Mp159; “Clinics in Homes for Cancer urged,” NYT, oct. 4, 1950, 35; ida Jean Kain, “Cancer Movie demonstrates new, Simple Health Habit,” LAT, May 4, 1951, C2; “Life Saver,” Bus Scrn 13, no. 1 (1952): 49; Walter ross, “Motion pictures Worth 10,000 Lives,” Bus Scrn 20, no. 2 (1959): 28–31. Holdings: LC. First breast-cancer-awareness film released for wide distribution. Promoting self-examination as an early detection technique, the film shows women how to check for breast cancer symp- toms. note: The ACS reported 1,300 prints in circulation in the first year of release. The film was said to have reached 1 million women over the age of 35. Also distributed in a 16-minute version. Revised version, Time and Two Women, released in 1958.

BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION. (1950, sound, 42min, color, 16mm) Sponsors: American Cancer Society; national Cancer institute, u.S. public Health Service. production Co.: Audio productions inc. resources: Copyright 1Jun50 Mp159; “Clinics in Homes for Cancer urged,” NYT, oct. 4, 1950, 35; ida Jean Kain, “Cancer Movie demonstrates new, Simple Health Habit,” LAT, May 4, 1951, C2; “Life Saver,” Bus Scrn 13, no. 1 (1952): 49; Walter ross, “Motion pictures Worth 10,000 Lives,” Bus Scrn 20, no. 2 (1959): 28–31. Holdings: LC. First breast-cancer-awareness film released for wide distribution. Promoting self-examination as an early detection technique, the film shows women how to check for breast cancer symp- toms. note: The ACS reported 1,300 prints in circulation in the first year of release. The film was said to have reached 1 million women over the age of 35. Also distributed in a 16-minute version. Revised version, Time and Two Women, released in 1958.

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