Challenge of the Zoonoses

Duration: 2 min

Year Published: 1966

Creator: University of Illinois, Motion Picture Service, Champaign, Illinois

Color: Color

Credits: Direction: Jesse Barr, Milt Roberts; Script: H. K. Cornell; Photography: Jesse Barr; Editing, Sound: Milt Roberts; Producer: Byrl L. Sims; Subject Matter: C. A. Brandly, Director, Center for Zoonosis; Research: Robert Kokernot.

Description: After examining the nature of a Zoonosis (a disease transmissable between man and other animals), the film outlines the purposes and work of the University of Illinois Center for Zoonosis Research using a 1964 outbreak of encephalitis in southern Illinois to illustrate the inter-disciplinary character of the Center and breadth of talent focused upon this area.

Metadata Source:Representative University Produced Films 1964-1967 (Journal of the University Film Producers Association, Vol.19 No.3/4, 1967)