The cry for help

The cry for help

Contributor(s):
Rowland, Loyd W., 1902-1981
Stoney, George C.
Farberow, Norman L.
Shneidman, Edwin S.
Louisiana Association for Mental Health.
United States. Public Health Service.
George C. Stoney Associates.
Publication:
United States : Louisiana Association for Mental Health : National Institute for Mental Health, c1962
Language(s):
English
Format:
Moving image
Subject(s):
Suicide
Police -- education
Genre(s):
Instructional Films and Videos
Abstract:
This film depicts several situations in which police must contend with suicides or suicide attempts. The situations include those who attempt suicide while in jail, a young man in college who uses a rifle, a young woman living at home using pills, a middle-aged man who contemplates using a handgun when he finds out he has a severe health problem, and another woman who slashes her wrists.
Copyright:
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Copyright Holder:
George C. Stoney Associates; Source: Item; Research date: 12/27/2011
Extent:
032 min.
Color:
Black and white
Sound:
Sound
Credits:
Planned by Loyd W. Rowland ; written and directed by George C. Stoney, assisted by Bertram Salzman ; photographed by Andrew Costikyan, assisted by Kenneth Mazawa ; recorded by William Peleck ; edited by Sylvia Cummins Betts ; narrated by James Daly ; based on the research of Norman C. Farberow and Edwin S. Shneidman ; psychiatric advisor, S. Eugene Long ; representing the National Institute of Health, Harold M. Hildreth.
Provenance:
Received: Part of a transfer from the National Audiovisual Center
Technique:
Live action
NLM Unique ID:
100895557 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/100895557