Heredity in man

Heredity in man

Contributor(s):
G.B. Instructional Limited.
Eugenics Society (London, England)
Publication:
[London, Eng.] : Eugenics Society, 1937
Language(s):
English
Format:
Moving image
Subject(s):
Heredity
Aptitude
Eugenics
Pedigree
Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
Genre(s):
Documentaries and Factual Films
Abstract:
(Wellcome Library) This is an historically important and controversial propaganda film explaining the eugenics movement in the United Kingdom. It explains the hereditary transmission of physical and mental aptitudes, profiling a number of families notable for their excellence in sport, music, and the dramatic arts. It also illustrates the institutional care and training of 'mental defectives'. A family with unfavourable heredity is shown. It was not widely distributed at the time. Julian Huxley talks about the laws of heredity and the need for sterilization of some individuals in order to prevent the degeneration of the race. At the end of the film, he discusses differential fertility, encouraging those with sound mind and body to marry and propagate.
Copyright:
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Copyright Information:
Galton Institute; Source: Item; Research date: 03/08/2012
Extent:
014 min.
Color:
Black and white
Credits:
Directed by J.V. Durden under the supervision of Julian S. Huxley and H.R. Hewer ; narrator, Julian S. Huxley.
Provenance:
Received: Aug. 10, 2009; gift; from Angela Saward, curator of moving image and sound, The Wellcome Institute.
Technique:
Live action
NLM Unique ID:
101514101 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
463631191
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101514101