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Title(s): Gorgas Memorial Institute. Film 2
Author(s): Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine.
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Date: 		193u
Publication
Information: 		[Panama] [1930]
Language(s): English
Format: Moving image; 007 min.; Silent; Black and white
Subject(s): Tropical Medicine
Communicable Disease Control
Developing Countries
Child Health Services
Rights: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Identifier(s): See catalog record: 9614454
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9614454
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Description: This silent film begins with images of men emerging from a vehicle and boarding a longboat that takes them across a body of water and to an installation of grass and wood huts. There are images of native peoples, both adults and children, as well as wildlife and flora. Health workers are seen examining and treating local peoples. The film is part of the Gorgas Memorial Institute manuscript collection at the National Library of Medicine (MS C 212).
Received: February 11, 1991 as a donation from the Gorgas Memorial Institute.

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