Sex Hygiene

Duration: 1000 ft

Year Published: 1941

Complete Record: Shots: Scrolling text discussing male physical vitality as it relates to sex, Military propaganda that says men can actually maintain a higher physical aptitude by abstaining from sex because of the eminent risk of sexually transmitted diseases, men in army uniforms stand around pool table in a crowded room, CU of a cue ball coming close to the eight ball, men in military uniform march in line, man stands on stage and presents a film on sex hygiene to a room full of army men, a film on the risk of venereal diseases begins, shot of doctors looking for STDs under microscope, shows gonorrhea and syphilis organisms, “Most men know less about their own bodies than they do about their automobiles”, Army doctor narrating film points out male body parts on chart, CU of doctor examining a syphilis sore on the penis, CU of man wearing a black eye mask with a herpes sore on his mouth, many CUs of the penis damaged from STDs, CU of doctor pulling tongue out of man’s mouth with a piece of gauze, MS of doctor examining a patient and taking a STD specimen from the penis of a man laying down, CU of a back welted out from body syphilis, MS of doctor taking blood from an arm with a large needle, the point of entry leaks blood, more shots of infected mouths, penises and other parts of body inflicted by STDs, Army doctor concludes film.