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*University of Minnesota (Heart Disease Research): The search, 1955

 Item — Box: 8

Scope and Contents

Produced by Irving Gitlin, Roy Lockwood, and Robert Milford with CBS Television. Directed by Julian Roffman. Distributed by Young America Films.

The film explains the endless hunt by a team of scientists for ways to curb cardiovascular disorders, which kill nearly a million adult Americans annually. The film shows experiments conducted on 500 normal, healthy men from the Minneapolis- St. Paul area. The men are subject to a variety of tests such as running on a treadmill, blood tests, X-rays, and a personality inventory, all in attempt to explain why heart disease claims so many lives. Peabody Award winner for research.

Dates

  • Creation: 1955

Scope and Contents

Produced by Irving Gitlin, Roy Lockwood, and Robert Milford with CBS Television. Directed by Julian Roffman. Distributed by Young America Films.

The film explains the endless hunt by a team of scientists for ways to curb cardiovascular disorders, which kill nearly a million adult Americans annually. The film shows experiments conducted on 500 normal, healthy men from the Minneapolis- St. Paul area. The men are subject to a variety of tests such as running on a treadmill, blood tests, X-rays, and a personality inventory, all in attempt to explain why heart disease claims so many lives. Peabody Award winner for research.

Physical Description

16 mm answer print. Runtime: 27 min. Black and white, sound.

Collecting Area Details

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