Journey Into Medicine

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Movie
Original title Journey Into Medicine
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1947
length 38 minutes
Rod
Director Willard Van Dyke
script Irving Jacoby
music Henry Brant
camera Boris Kaufman
cut Aram Boyajian
occupation

Journey Into Medicine is a 1947 American documentary directed by Willard Van Dyke .

content

The film documents the medical student Mike's studies at Columbia University , starting with his first lectures on his training at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital teaching hospital , where he is introduced to methods that help children with a serious illness live longer, but also how to deal with treatment failures. Social and environmental factors related to disease are also addressed. Early in his career he moved to the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore , where he was confronted with an outbreak of diphtheria in the poverty-stricken row houses of East Baltimore. Mike decides to study epidemiology in addition to pediatrics . His first job as a young doctor should begin at Johns Hopkins Hospital, if possible.

Production notes

Made by Affiliated Film Production, the film was distributed by the US Department of State Office of Information and Educational Exchange and presented by the United States Information Service.

The film was originally intended for screenings outside the United States to encourage students to pursue careers in public health care.

Award

The film by the US Department of State Office of Information and Educational Exchange was at the Oscars 1948 in the category "Best Documentary" for an Oscar nomination, but the on Sid Rogell , Theron Warth and Fleischer Richard and the film Design for Death went, the illuminates the relationship between the USA and Japan.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Journey Into Medicine (1947) at letterboxd.com (English)
  2. ↑ The 20th Academy Awards | 1948 at oscars.org (English)
  3. ↑ Journey Into Medicine at filmaffinity.com