Catholic University Medical Film Collection

The films address multiple topics related to nursing and health and include titles on broader disciplines and those outside medicine--humanism, theology, philosophy. Medical ethics, the training of nurses, home health care, loneliness and anxiety, human sexuality, and interviews with thought leaders of the day are included. Note that if a title includes an HF# or NLM call# in parentheses, the library holds an individually cataloged copy of that title, with an analog viewing copy available at NLM.

Distributed by New York University Film Library. Produced by Joseph Losey and John Ferno

This film is a documentary presentation of life at a children's summer camp, showing the children participating in such activities as hammering, building, and painting. The outline of the film's segments is: Poetic exposition of a child's day at a modern (progressive summer camp -- Free to Play (2:26) -- Pool of Perfect Bliss (1:46) -- Hands and Minds at Work (1:13) -- Full of Energy (2:06) -- Children at Rest (1:45) -- Learning to Live Together (1:40) -- A Dog's Life (1:43) -- Ducks in the Water (2:13) -- A Different Approach to Childhood (2:17) -- Taking It All In (2:30).

An Official Report of Health Research, Inc. Buffalo, N.Y. Health Research, Inc. and the University of Buffalo.

This program presents the problem of obstruction of the oropharynx by the tongue and soft palate in the unconscious, prone subject through demonstration on the dissected cadaver and with cineroentograms of the upper airways. This program is recommended for medical students, anesthesiologists and emergency medicine practitioners.

Produced by Maureen Hack at the Health Sciences Communications Center, Case Western Reserve University

The film presents three normal infants from one to seven days of age who are shown reacting to visual tactile and auditory stimuli and identifies six different organized patterns of behavior, including the quiet alert state and the crying state.

Presented by American Journal of Nursing Co. Educational Services Division.

Course instructors Grayce Sills and Doreen James Wise discuss how anxiety is communicated and developed, how it relates to self-concept, and how its manifestations affect thought processes, biophysiological functioning, perceptual field, and awareness. Methodology for intervention is analyzed.

Produced by the Department of Communication Stanford University.

This film shows a prepared, conscious, cooperative labor and delivery with emphasis on the support of the husband and reactions of the mother to labor and delivery. The husband is present and supportive during delivery. The film also includes instructional sequences explaining cervical dilation and effacement, false vs. true labor, relaxation techniques, exercises to prepare for labor, and breathing patterns to use during labor. It stresses the strengthening of family ties (including an older child) through sharing the childbearing experience.

Produced by Education Development Center and the Grant Foundation.

T. Berry Brazelton's series on the assessment of infant responses. The film presents the use of the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale in actual examinations and includes a scoring sheet.

Produced by Education Development Center and the Grant Foundation

T. Berry Brazelton's series on the assessment of infant responses. The film presents the use of the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale in actual examinations and Includes scoring sheet. [The first three minutes of this film are missing.]

Produced by Education Development Center and the Grant Foundation

T. Berry Brazelton's series on the assessment of infant responses. The film presents the use of the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale in actual examinations and Includes scoring sheet.

Produced by The Mental Health Film Board and Affiliated Film Producers. Written and produced by Irving Jacoby.

This film surveys the coordinated program of mental care in New York State. Uses four case histories to portray the major public psychiatric services that make up the statewide program of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of the mentally ill.

Produced by the United States Navy.

Father Joseph C. Martin, an educator in alcohol and alcoholism, explains why people drink and the symptoms, physiological effects, and treatment of alcoholism.

Produced by Crawley Films Limited. Ottawa, Canada for McGraw-Hill Text-Films.

This film discusses the habits of daily physical care that ensure a happy, healthy child, including eating, sleeping, bathing, the wearing of proper clothing and outdoor exercise. The film particularly stresses the importance of attitude of both parents and children toward establishment of good daily routine.

Produced by Crawley Films Limited. Ottawa, Canada for McGraw-Hill Text-Film. The McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.

This film discusses, through short dramatic illustrations, the development and guidance of children's emotions at various levels up to ten years of age. It shows how parents can deal with fear, anger, and curiosity while making happiness the most frequent and dominant emotion influencing the child's personality development.

This silent film shows chronic encephalitis patients suffering from oculogyric crises, involuntary upward deviations of the eyes.

Produced and Distributed by the Mental Health Film Board and the International Film Bureau. Written and produced by Irving Jacoby. Directed by Irving Lerner.

The film demonstrates how one community, through the cooperation of both lay and professional citizens, surveyed mental health needs and established a health center to treat mental disease and emotional disorders. It shows examples of the kind of preventive services a mental health center might provide.

Produced by the Louisiana Association for Mental Health. A George C. Stoney Associates production.

Depicts several situations in which police must contend with suicides or suicide attempts. The situations include those who attempt suicide while in jail, a young man in college who uses a rifle, a young woman living at home using pills, a middle-aged man who contemplates using a handgun when he finds out he has a severe health problem, and another woman who slashes her wrists.

Produced by CRM Educational Films. A Psychology Today film. Produced by Bruce Hart.

The films covers human psychological development from birth through adolescence. It includes interviews of and experiments by Drs. Jerome Kagan, Sylvia Bell, Mary Ainsworth, Patricia Greenfield, and others.

Produced by Health Sciences Communications Center. Case Western Reserve University.

This film presents a method for assessing a newborn's gestational age via a scoring system based on findings upon physical and neurological examination. Ten neurological signs and ten physical signs are scored according to clearly delineated criteria. The combined total score is used to determine gestational age by relating this score to birth weight.

Distributed by Stuart Reynolds Productions. Beverly Hills, California. Directed by Felix Feist

In this episode of General Electric Theater, an Emmy-nominated show hosted by Ronald Reagan, the protagonist Mike's (Richard Conte) ambiguous actions, along with their potential for misunderstanding, are examined through the eyes of others.

Produced by McGraw-Hill Child Development Series

This film explains the role of chromosomes and genes in determining sex and transmitting potential physical and mental characteristics to offspring; describes fertilization of the ovum by the sperm cell; and traces development of the fetus until delivery. The film also stresses the close connection between physical and emotional sensitivity in very young children.

Produced by Information Productions, Inc. Presented by Benjamin Rosenthal Foundation, Inc.

This film depicts home care programs as an effective approach in the treatment of patients with chronic disease, and shows the effects of such care on patients with cancer, heart disease, asthma, arthritis, and other chronic conditions.

Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Public Health Service Presents, A Division of Nursing Resources Production. Produced and narrated under the direction of Apollonia O. Adams. R.N.. M.A. Chief of Nursing Resources.

This film is a still image montage explaining how a student nurse can properly shadow and "keenly" observe a resident nurse's activities, record notes, and respond to the problems and situations that a student nurse/observer may encounter. It reviews important steps in patient observation by various nursing personnel, how to record observations accurately and concisely, and how to maintain a continuous record of close observation made every 15 minutes.

Produced by Oxford Films.

Dr. Henry J. Heimlich, a leading specialist in esophagus surgery, teaches a simple first-aid procedure that he has devised and which has proven successful in saving the lives of choking victims.

From the film library of ANA-NLN film service. Produced and Directed by John P. Hudak. Metrovision Inc. New York City.

This film outlines the process for training nurses at Rockland Community College. It discusses the relatively new program of the associate degree in the nursing field, which is conducted nationally in junior and community colleges.

Produced by Vesting Nurse Service of New York. Directed by Ralph Weisinger.

This film shows the problems of administering home health care in New York City and includes a guest appearance by Kitty Carlisle.

Produced by KUHT Film Productions. University of Houston.

A notable contributor to the psychology of personality and a psychologist and educator, Carl Rogers discusses motivation, perception, learning the self, client-centered therapy, and the encounter group movement.

Produced by KUHT Film Productions. University of Houston.

A notable contributor to the psychology of personality and a psychologist and educator, Carl Rogers discusses motivation, perception, learning the self, client-centered therapy, and the encounter group movement.

Produced by KUHT Film Production. University of Houston

Dr. Ernest R. Hilgard, Professor of Psychology and Education, Stanford University is interviewed by Dr Richard I. Evans, Professor of Psychology, University of Houston. In Part 1 Hilgard discusses his views on contemporary learning theory, humanistic psychology, and the present status of psychoanalysis.

Produced by KUHT Film Productions. University of Houston

This film presents an 1964 interview of Erik Erikson by Richard I. Evans. In Part 1 the focus is on Erikson's background and his theory of psycho-social development in eight stages.

Produced by KUHT Film Productions. University of Houston

This film presents an 1964 interview of Erik Erikson by Richard I. Evans. In Part 2, Erikson discusses the bases of theory and how it can be used, addressing topics including libido theory, ego-identity, identity crisis (positive and negative identity), existentialism, cross-cultural research fixation, and the value of psychotherapy.

Presented by the Smart Family Foundation, in cooperation with the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

This film stresses the importance of preventive medicine for children through regular and continued health supervision by a physician.

Published by the Western Behavioral Sciences Institute. Produced and Directed by Bill McGaw.

Two psychologists, Drs. Carl Rogers and Richard Farson, work with an intensive basic encounter group composed of eight previously unacquainted persons from various geographical areas of the United States. The first session of this group is highlighted. The group discusses ways to relate to one another and explores what it is like to be oneself. This is a look at the interaction in an unstructured encounter group, which provides a climate of maximum freedom for personal expression, exploration of feelings, and interpersonal communications.

Made by John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Dr. Karl Menninger, discusses psychiatry from pre-Columbian times to the present, the manifold methods of treatment, bad, mediocre, and good, of the mentally ill throughout history. This film is intended for high school and college students of general, clinical and abnormal psychology, and psychiatry.

Produced by KQED for the educational television and radio center. Filmed by W.A. Palmer Films. Inc.

This film discusses the use of pre-symbolic language in furthering communication. It also defines and illustrates the function of social language, and shows how social conversation enlarges the possibility of friendship and communication. it features Dr. S.I. Hayakawa of San Francisco State College.

Produced by KQED for the educational television and radio center. Filmed by W.A. Palmer Films. Inc.

This film discusses the relationship between personality and communication and explains human behavior in terms of the self-concept. It defines self and shows how it differs from the self-concept, and illustrates the way in which the self-concept controls acceptance or rejection of a message. Finally, it stresses the importance of non-evaluative listening to complement speaking, creating a critical "two way process." It features Dr. S.I. Hayakawa of San Francisco State College.

Produced by Capital Cities Television Productions. Published through McGraw-Hill Films.

This film examines the relationship between health and diet; it focuses on specific topics such as coronary heart disease, nutritional deprivation, iron deficiencies, and the relationship of sugar to health.

Produced by Kestral Films.

This film shows and discusses the feelings and attitudes of a group of physically handicapped people in an English institution for the disabled. It emphasizes the fact that physically handicapped people have the same feelings and needs as normal people and focuses on the love of a young man and woman who have cerebral palsy. Their struggles to obtain freedom and privacy are documented.

Produced by the Mental Health Film Board, an Affiliated Film Production.

This film compares a normal family life with the troubled childhood and adult relationships of a young lady at the point of attempting suicide, and shows how psychiatry can help in extreme cases of depression.

Produced by the Mental Health Film Board and Affiliated Film Producers

Warm sympathy and human understanding are powerful instruments in helping mental health patientsthis is the key message of this film. The film is focused primarily on the relationship between two people: an elderly man who cannot feed himself and will not respond when approached, and a psychiatric aide (attendant) who refused to be discouraged even though the patient seems hopeless. Genuine suspense is achieved as the aide, with infinite patience and honest compassion, wins the confidence of the patient. The team approach of the hospital staff and glimpses of ward life and hospital routine are shown. The importance of the aide in hospital treatment is emphasized. The film was shot at Fairfield State Hospital, Newton, Connecticut.

A presentation of Psychological Films. Santa Ana, California.

Abraham Maslow discusses the dimensions of self-actualization and elaborates on research and theory related to honesty, awareness, freedom and truth.