Tuberculosis AKA Consumption Record A (1923)

First title reads: “This Film is Presented by The National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis - 20 Hanover Square, London, W1.“ “Foreword - The scourge of Tuberculosis is a fact too well known to emphasise here. This film is concerned solely with that part of the curative treatment offered by the National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis at their Colony at Burrow Hill, Surrey.“ “Our story deals with one Jim Davidson, an ex-soldier, who developed Tuberculosis. Sanatorium treatment made a great but not complete improvement. So the dispensary doctor advised longer treatment, with training in open-air work, and arranged for him to go to Burrow Hill Colony.“ “The main entrance to Burrow Hill Colony.“ L/S of an open gate with trees all around it - a path stretches into the distance. “Jim arrives in a taxi and is met by an orderly and taken to his cubicle.“ Taxi is driven past the camera and through the gate. Taxi pulls up and Jim climbs out. A man takes his case an
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