WEBVTT 00:11.600 --> 00:12.800 [Music] 00:12.800 --> 00:17.100 [Tchaikovsky - March Of The Toy Soldiers] 00:17.100 --> 00:19.333 [The New York State Department of Health] 00:19.333 --> 00:20.433 [Edward S. Godfrey, Jr., M. D, Commissioner] 00:20.433 --> 00:21.566 [presents] 00:21.566 --> 00:26.499 [The Story of My Life by "Tee Bee"] 00:26.500 --> 00:30.100 [By permission of The National Tuberculosis Association, 1939] 00:30.100 --> 00:31.766 [Narrator:] In one of our great cities 00:31.766 --> 00:35.232 a learned professor learns how to talk to germs. 00:35.233 --> 00:36.533 [Music continues] 00:36.533 --> 00:39.166 [Professor Ezra Buzzle, whose clever Radio device 00:39.166 --> 00:41.832 now makes this magic possible.] 00:43.133 --> 00:45.066 [Fanfare music] 00:45.066 --> 00:46.766 [Professor Buzzle:] I thank you. 00:46.766 --> 00:47.632 I thank you. 00:47.633 --> 00:49.099 [Clears throat] 00:49.100 --> 00:52.200 [Tchaikovsky - March Of The Toy Soldiers] 00:52.200 --> 00:58.233 [His first interview with old Tee Bee, the well-known germ of tuberculosis] 00:58.233 --> 00:58.866 Now watch. 00:58.866 --> 01:02.299 All I have to do is to take my magnifying glass, put it 01:02.300 --> 01:06.400 over my machine just like this, and here you 01:06.400 --> 01:09.200 see old TB himself. 01:09.200 --> 01:12.866 [Fanfare music] 01:12.866 --> 01:17.366 TB, you old potato tell me the story of your life. 01:17.366 --> 01:18.799 [TB:] OK, Doc. 01:18.800 --> 01:21.166 Well, to begin with my family for generations 01:21.166 --> 01:23.132 lived in the lungs of a nice lady. 01:23.133 --> 01:25.466 Of course, she didn't know she had tuberculosis. 01:25.466 --> 01:29.099 She thought it was bronchitis. 01:29.100 --> 01:31.333 Then, one day, some of my ancestors 01:31.333 --> 01:33.599 managed to get into the lungs of her favorite nephew, 01:33.600 --> 01:36.166 little Peter. 01:36.166 --> 01:39.066 Watch how neatly the job was done. 01:39.066 --> 01:42.266 Yippie! 01:42.266 --> 01:43.466 In he goes. 01:46.033 --> 01:48.399 And so I tumbled into Peter's lung. 01:48.400 --> 01:49.933 Oh boy, it was pink and cozy. 01:49.933 --> 01:53.833 [Animated trip inside lungs] 01:53.833 --> 01:57.766 [Peter's lung homesites, sign] 01:57.766 --> 02:02.432 And presto, you should see how my family grew. 02:02.433 --> 02:03.233 Come on gang! 02:03.233 --> 02:14.299 [TB and gang invade the lung] 02:14.300 --> 02:16.366 But Peter was young and healthy. 02:16.366 --> 02:18.866 His body cells surrounded us at every angle. 02:18.866 --> 02:20.999 And just as we began to enjoy our new home, 02:21.000 --> 02:22.800 his cells completely surrounded us. 02:22.800 --> 02:29.566 [Animation of cell blobs surrounding the TB gang] 02:29.566 --> 02:32.499 ["Finally we were completely walled in by a Tubercle. We were Desperate!"] 02:32.500 --> 02:34.933 They had us stopped. 02:34.933 --> 02:37.099 But after Peter grew up, he neglected his health. 02:37.100 --> 02:38.833 He studied too hard. 02:38.833 --> 02:42.399 [Peter doing homework] 02:42.400 --> 02:44.266 He also played too violently. 02:44.266 --> 02:48.232 [Peter slides into home] 02:48.233 --> 02:51.199 Our first encouragement. 02:51.200 --> 02:52.866 Peter lost his appetite. 02:52.866 --> 02:55.899 [Peter at dinner table] 02:55.900 --> 02:58.733 Then one day, old aunt Matilda came back to town. 02:58.733 --> 03:03.199 That kiss gave us the reinforcements we needed. 03:03.200 --> 03:04.400 The boom was on for us. 03:04.400 --> 03:05.900 [TB laughs] 03:05.900 --> 03:07.800 [TB gang cheering] 03:09.733 --> 03:11.366 [Peter in sanatorium] 03:11.366 --> 03:13.299 Finally, they took Peter to a sanatorium. 03:13.300 --> 03:15.466 The doctor said to rest. 03:15.466 --> 03:17.632 [Peter in bed] 03:17.633 --> 03:25.466 ["Those body cells got busy again - bottled us all up in strong Tubercles."] 03:25.466 --> 03:28.866 In spite of everything we could do, Peter got well. 03:30.866 --> 03:37.599 [Ragtime music] 03:37.600 --> 03:40.100 I tried desperately to escape and made it. 03:40.100 --> 03:42.100 So here I am one of the last survivors. 03:42.100 --> 03:44.133 Saying can't you help me to get started again? 03:44.133 --> 03:46.399 [Professor Buzzle:] Why I pledged to wipe out you 03:46.400 --> 03:50.000 and all your kind, and here's how I'll do it. 03:50.000 --> 03:53.033 Let me tell you about my little friend, Mary. 03:53.033 --> 03:57.899 First, the doctor made a skin test, a tuberculin test. 03:57.900 --> 04:02.233 In two days, a little red spot showed that germs 04:02.233 --> 04:04.499 like you were in her body. 04:04.500 --> 04:07.900 And because you were there, an X-ray picture of the lungs 04:07.900 --> 04:08.666 was made. 04:08.666 --> 04:10.799 [Mary with radiology technician] 04:11.466 --> 04:14.932 See, here's the picture. 04:14.933 --> 04:19.033 Now there is a tubercle, just like you made in Peter. 04:19.033 --> 04:21.733 And there are some slight changes to the lymph. 04:21.733 --> 04:24.733 That is tuberculosis in its earliest stage. 04:24.733 --> 04:30.099 And now Mary has a chance these medicines will cure her. 04:30.100 --> 04:36.900 Rest and fresh air, proper diet, and good health habits. 04:36.900 --> 04:40.233 [Mary and friends playing] 04:40.233 --> 04:41.966 Rest and fresh air. 04:41.966 --> 04:45.566 [Mary playing "jacks"] 04:45.566 --> 04:47.432 Proper diet. 04:47.433 --> 04:51.499 [Mary and friends] 04:51.500 --> 04:55.866 And good health habits. 04:55.866 --> 04:58.199 [TB:] You have science on your side professor. 04:58.200 --> 05:00.133 I see my finish. 05:00.133 --> 05:00.833 [Thud] 05:01.800 --> 05:04.200 [Professor Buzzle:] [Jovial laughter] 05:04.200 --> 05:06.333 [Music] 05:06.333 --> 05:12.433 [Fight Tuberculosis with Knowledge] 05:13.600 --> 05:17.166 [The End] 05:17.166 --> 05:22.466 [End film leader]