Station IV

American Swing(en)

Chronicles the rise and fall of 1970s New York City nightclub Plato's Retreat.

Geißel der Menschheit(de)

Venereal disease threatens to tear a young couple apart.

Seitenstraße der Prostitution(de)

After a historical excursus on the most common venereal diseases, doctors report on various cases of infection, each illustrated in the manner of amateurish reportage films.

The Glamorous Lie(en)

In an attempt to understand the complexities of a long-running relationship, YaVaughnie Wilkins journeys back into her past.

Any Evening After Work(en)

A man contracts a sexually transmitted disease, but is reluctant to seek medical help - until a no-nonsense lecture about the risks he is taking forces him to change his mind.

Truth About Rock(en)

For the past year or so, brothers Jim and Steve Peters, both ordained ministers, have been traveling around the nation on a mission from God. Convinced that rock and roll is "one of the largest satanic forces in the country," they have been exhorting American kids to build bonfires of albums in public places.

To the People of the United States(en)

World War II public education film about sexually transmitted diseases focused on syphilis.

Casual Ties: Casualties(en)

The experiences of a young girl help to focus attention on some psycho-social aspects of the venereal disease problem. Written and directed by Rolf Forsberg (maker of Parable, Stalked, Ark, One Friday).

Syphilis: A Motion Picture Clinic(en)

This American Medical Association (AMA) and U.S. Public Health Service (PHS)-sponsored film aims to present the most current knowledge about causes, effects, and treatment of syphilis. Remarks by the heads of the AMA and PHS open the film, and doctors are shown lecturing and describing symptoms and indications of primary and secondary syphilis. Clinical techniques for examining patients and testing for syphilis are shown. Recommended treatments including arsenic, bismuth, and mercury for various manifestations and duration of disease are presented.

VD: Know Your Contacts(en)

Shows how people, faced with the possibility or reality of being infected with venereal disease, cope with their individual situations.

Gonorrhea(en)

Diagnosis of gonorrhea should be done by clinical and laboratory investigation. The physician and patients are shown in the physician's office and examining room. The patients remove their clothing, and the physician takes samples from the end of the penis and makes thin smear slides from them. The techniques for stripping gonococci from male and female patients with chronic gonorrhea are shown in drawings and live footage. The physician is shown getting and preparing a urine sample for laboratory testing for the presence of gonococci, including using a hand-cranked centrifuge. The material is packaged to be sent away for laboratory diagnosis by gram stain and culture.

Mikrob minulosti(cs)

Schleichendes Gift(de)

Es ist leider so!(de)

Short sex education film about STDs.

Die Geschlechtskrankheiten und ihre Folgen(de)

Educational film about the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases.

Mit den Augen einer Frau(de)

That Burning Feeling(en)

Venereal disease forces a confirmed bachelor to take stock of his history of one night stands.

Ghosts(en)

Helen Alving leads an outwardly contented life. On the eve of the 10th anniversary of her husband's death, she is about to open an orphanage as a memorial to him. To mark this occasion, her bohemian painter son Oswald has returned from Paris. Helen plans to take the opportunity to tell Oswald the truth about his father. But ghosts of the past erupt during an eventful evening, bringing the facade of civilised family life crashing down.

Street Acquaintances(de)

The film centres around the young woman Erika, desperately seeking for love and escape from the depression of the times, drifting, and in the end becoming involved with a circle of rich people who sell goods for sexual favours.

Kids(en)

A day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City skating, drinking, smoking and deflowering virgins.