Sponsored Films

On the Firing Line (1936)
Sponsor: National Tuberculosis Association. Production Co.: Courier Productions Inc. Narrator: Vaughan Glaser. Transfer Note: Scanned from a 16mm print held by the Library of Congress. Running Time: 19 minutes.

Public health travelogue highlighting places that have figured prominently in efforts to combat tuberculosis. The railroad journey begins in Washington, D.C., and proceeds to Saranac Lake, New York, where Edward Livingston Trudeau developed modern treatment methods, and California, a state whose healthy climate attracts recuperating patients. Along the way, the film discusses the infection and death rate of different ethnic and racial groups and includes footage of mobile clinics serving African American communities in the South.

Note: Filmed in 35mm, also released in 16mm.

Resources
Educational Film Catalog, comps. Dorothy E. Cook and Eva Rahbek-Smith (New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1939), 160.