Station IV

Mikrob minulosti(cs)

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.

American Swing(en)

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

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.

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.

Geißel der Menschheit(de)

Venereal disease threatens to tear a young couple apart.

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.

The Glamorous Lie(en)

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

Es ist leider so!(de)

Short sex education film about STDs.

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.

Schleichendes Gift(de)

Die Geschlechtskrankheiten und ihre Folgen(de)

Educational film about the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases.

Mit den Augen einer Frau(de)

It Follows(en)

A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.

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.

Sins of the Father(en)

Adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts.

Itss Love(fr)

For Which We Stand: To Be Held In Honor(en)

In this film, servicemen are strongly urged to forgo illicit and casual sex because it is degrading and contrary to divine will. The joys of marriage and family are stressed. Long-term happiness should be the goal, not immediate gratification. A medical officer discusses sexual abstinence, saying that it will not adversely affect a man's virility. A commanding officer points out that sexual promiscuity among troops is not just the concern of the medical officer and the chaplain. He says that self-control should be practiced by everyone. Marriage and family should be the goal of every man. A chaplain speaks of abstinence and self-control as obedience to divine law. Shots include: sailors with their families; a wedding; sailors picking up girls and visiting prostitutes. There is some animation.