Eyes right.

Date:
1937
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Eyes right. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

This jaunty film aims to encourage the audience to use the National Eye Service, an organisation aimed at providing eye testing for people with low incomes. It provides an example of the BMA's involvement in promoting public health at that time. 1 segment.

Publication/Creation

England : British Medical Association, 1937.

Physical description

1 encoded moving image (5 min.) : sound, black and white

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Duration

00:05:18

Copyright note

British Medical Association 1939

Terms of use

Unrestricted
CC-BY-NC
Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.0 UK: England & Wales

Language note

In English.

Creator/production credits

A GB Screen Services production.

Contents

Segment 1 The narrator announces that the nation's people are unfit, and it is time to start a campaign to increase health and fitness in Britain. Politicians and members of the public are shown reacting to the news. The voiceover describes the various ways that the campaign will be led, including the use of realist film. A montage of large groups of men and women performing acrobatics and aerobics in a stadium is seen. The narrator introduces Dr G. C. Anderson, medical secretary of the BMA, who says that one of the most important aspects of general health is the wellbeing of the eyes. A woman is seen visiting her doctor, who recommends she visit an eye specialist at the National Eye Service, who for a low charge will examine her eyes and give a proper prescription for glasses. The voiceover explains that there are now 900 medical eye specialists in Britain providing eye testing for people with low incomes. Time start: 00:00:00:00 Time end: 00:05:18:03 Length: 00:05:18:03

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