CITRUS IN NUTRITION

Duration: 20 min

Year Published: 1943

Creator: Castle Films

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: This is a revision of the film formerly issued under title "Citrus on parade." A natural color film illustrates properly selected meals with the correct content of calcium, vitamins, proteins, etc. The story of Captain David Porter of the early U.S. Navy and his fight against scurvy introduces the important vitamin C nutrition information. United States government charts, upon which the entire nutrition information in the film is based, illustrate the message. The final section of the film shows how to plan the entire fruit diet.

Complete Record: Dewey number: 634.3 Audience level: jh-sh-c-adult Format/cost: 16-sd-color-*loan Distributors / rental: FIP loan

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946