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Soviet Health 1961 No. 1 1961, 1961.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Soviet Health
- Soviet Newsreels & Cinemagazines
- Newsreels & Cinemagazines
- Standardized Title:
- Здоровье No 1 1961. .
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Internet videos.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (video file 0:10:40) : Sound, Black and White.
- Place of Publication:
- 1961,
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018.
- Summary:
- Delegates visit Uzbekistan and attend a World Health Organisation seminar in Moscow. Includes a boast that the Soviet Union's average life expectancy has gone from a pre-revolutionary 32 to 68. Focus on cancer and the effects of alcohol and tobacco. Treating cancer with gamma rays, surgery and hormonal medicines. Extracting snake venom for research and medicine. A visit to a factory where workers' conditions are monitored, they receive exercise classes and expectant mothers receive training. Children are taught basic sanitation and kindergarten. Health measures at a collective farm. Physical training at a children's camp.
- Credits:
- Production Company: Moscow Popular Science Film Studio.
- Notes:
- Archive Reference: N-508145.
- Description based on online resource (viewed on 19 December, 2018).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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