Annual report of the Department of National Health and Welfare [Canada].

  • Canada. Department of National Health and Welfare.
Date:
[1947]
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Credit: Annual report of the Department of National Health and Welfare [Canada]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE 56 \ (Information Services Division) HEALTH EDUCATION FILMS AND FILM STRIPS (The following are current and pending productions of the Department of National Health and Welfare, all made, unless otherwise noted, by the National Film Board of Canada. Those still to be released are marked by an asterisk.) Cancer (Working Title)—Twenty minutes; sound; colour; English and French. Will emphasize the? problems associated with cancer research. Special attention is given to the techniques employed and the immensity of the field to be covered in understanding the fundamental nature of cell growth in general and of cancer cells in particular. Condition Improved—Thirty minutes; sound black and white; English. Produced in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Portrays the role of occupational therapy in restoring patients to normal. Both the physical and psychological aspects of such therapy are considered and illustrated in the treatment of war casualties, industrial accident cases, and children suffering from polio, tuberculosis, cardiac and spastic conditions. The latter portion of the film deals with co-operation between the therapist and the psychiatrist in the treatment of psychoneuroses. * Drug Addict—Twenty minutes; sound; black and white; English and French. Will give a glimpse into the illicit drug racket in Canada, stressing the great economic loss to the country through thefts and increasing expenditures in the prosecution of criminals. The role of the Narcotic Division of the Department of National Health and Welfare in controlling legal importation and illegal trafficking in drugs is shown as well as that of such enforcement agencies as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Customs authorities. The Feeling of Rejection—Twenty-one minutes; sound; black and white; English. The first in a proposed series of films entitled Mental Mechanisms, designed to illustrate the development of personality factors which often lead to emotional difficulties and physical distress. The film is a valuable aid in group psycho-therapy, and is useful for parent-teacher education and in the instruction of social wTorkers, nurses and medical students. * Fit For Tomorrow—Five minutes; sound; black and white; English. Designed as a leader for a series, dealing with the need for physical fitness and for community recreation programs to ensure that fitness is enjoyed by all. The film will outline the help available in such programs under the Physical Fitness Act. * Get Rid of Rats!—Ten minutes; sound; black and white; English. Will deal with pest control in towns and cities and show damage done by rodents, pointing out reasons for and modern methods of control. * Hostility—Twenty minutes; sound; black and white; English. The second in the Mental Mechanisms series which began with The Feeling of Rejection. This film is also intended as an instrument for use in group therapy.