Feeling all right Syphilis Syphilis -- ethnology Black or African American This film depicts African-Americans in rural Mississippi dealing with the impact of syphilis. A young couple, Roy and Irma, meet in a local cafe and begin a relationship. When Roy realizes he is infected with syphilis, a friend offers him a medicinal salve that claims to cure the sores. Though some symptoms go away, others appear and the disease progresses. A representative from the State Health Department visits the town and explains what syphilis is, how it is transmitted, the effect it can have on babies born to infected mothers, and how to treat it. Roy reconsiders and finally seeks medical help. He is successfully treated. Irma is tested as well, before the two get married. The two go on to marry and have a family. Credits: Original story, Nicholas C. Read, George Stoney ; technical advisor, William A. Mason ; producer, William T. Clifford ; director, Fred Lasse. Gift; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 20090428; Acc.#2009-02. [United States] : Southern Educational Film Production Service, [1948] Mason, William A. (William Alfred), 1898- Mississippi. State Board of Health, presenter. Southern Educational Film Production Service, production company. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.), donor. Instructional Film and Video Moving image 032 min. Sound Black and white Live action nlm:nlmuid-101618626-vid 101618626 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101618626 OCLC: 876335968 English Mississippi -- ethnology The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Copyright status: Source: Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1975, 1976, 1977; Research date: 20230623;