The Changing Face of Europe (No. 6): The Good Life - 1951 Reel 2 · Part 1

Description

This film is part of a series meant to assess the achievements of the European Recovery Program and the condition of Western Europe five years after the end of World War II. This film focuses specifically on health. On the premise that physicians in ancient Greece declared that the "good life" must rest on good health, this film seeks to draw a balance on the status of health in post-war Europe and the efforts underway to prevent disease and to promote well-being. These efforts must rest on international cooperation without regard to man-made frontiers. The film's thesis is illustrated in a succession of vignettes: TB vaccination in Greek villages, where the children especially are at risk. Also in danger of contratcting a host of diseases are the children who inhabit the hovels of Rome, within sight of the city's ancient grandeur and modern prosperity. In Greece again, at Lamia, Marshall Plan funds help build a sanitarium, while at Missolonghi, aid money goes into the anti-malaria campaign. Cancer research is underway at various centers, and in Geneva, epidemiologists at the World Health Organization track disease and malnutrition on a continental basis. A Marshall Plan film, narrated by Leo Genn, executive produced by Ian Dalrymple, directed by Humphrey Jennings and Graham Wallace, and produced by Wessex Film Productions, Ltd, London, for ECA/OSR.

Collection

Records of the U.S. Information Agency

Series

Moving Images Relating to U.S. Domestic and International Activities