The choice is ours

The choice is ours

Uniform Title(s):
Choice is ours (Family Planning Organization of the Philippines)
Contributor(s):
Lorenzo, Conrado Ll., on-screen presenter
Concepción, Mercedes B., 1928- on-screen presenter
Apelo, Ruben, on-screen presenter
Marcos, Ferdinand E. (Ferdinand Edralin), 1917-1989, on-screen presenter
Family Planning Organization of the Philippines, presenter.
International Planned Parenthood Federation, presenter.
Vision Associates, production company.
Publication:
Manila : Family Planning Organization of the Philippines, 1970
Language(s):
English
Format:
Moving image
Subject(s):
Family Planning Services
Population Growth
Socioeconomic Factors
Urbanization
Philippines
Genre(s):
Documentaries and Factual Films
Abstract:
This film begins by showing Filipino women in labor in an over-crowded delivery room where newborns share tiny plastic cots, two per bed, immediately after birth. Over evocative footage of the Philippines in the early 1970s, the film describes the rapid rise in population in the Philippines and its impact, driving migration to the cities, unemployment, health problems and overall poverty. Ruben Apelo, President of the Family Planning Association of the Philippines speaks about the difficulties in implementing a working contraceptive policy given the strong Catholic faith in the country. The film ends with a speech by Ferdinand E. Marcos, President of the Republic of the Philippines, who advocates population control and the work of the Family Planning Association.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
018 min.
Color:
Color
Sound:
Sound
Cast:
Dr. Conrado Lorenzo; Dr. Mercedes Concepcion; Dr. Ruben Apelo; His Excellency, Ferdinand Marcos.
Technique:
Live action
NLM Unique ID:
9918227266206676 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
779755768
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918227266206676