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Sunday Best

Item number (ISN):

285496

Series title:

Sunday Best

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1976-06-02

Item number (ISN):

285496

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Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: VIDEOTAPE LOANS FOR TRANSFER TO HELICAL SCAN

Accession:

1979-0199

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1976-06-02

Release date:

1976-08-08

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

director/producer, Larry Gosnell; executive producer, William Harcourt; assistant producer, Kay Nagao; script, George Salverson; film editing, Leslie Brown; film researcher, Unita Williams; narrator, George Finstad; music, Ed Vincent

Description:

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Television documentary on cancer, some of the most prevalent forms of the disease and the on-going research into causes and treatments. Patients provide personal narratives and are seen undergoing treatment. Child victims are also shown. Various treatments are discussed by medical experts who favour one method over another: Doctor H.E. Johns and Doctor W.D. Rider of The Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto; Doctor Gold of Montreal; and Doctor J.E. Till, Ontario Cancer Insititute. Treatments for breast cancer are debated by: Doctor Frank Rauscher, Doctor Ernest de Moss, Doctor Paul Carbone (National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland); Doctor George Crile (Cleveland Clinic); and Doctor G. Rosemond (Vanderbilt University, Nashville). The controversial drug Laetrile (Amygdalin) is discussed by: Doctor Dean Burk; Doctor Ernest Contreras, Tijuana, Mexico; Doctor Hans Nieper, Hanover, Germany; Doctor John A. Richardson, Albany, California; K.W. Dilling, Food and Drugs Commission, American Bar Association; Doctor Robert Good; and others.~Research on causal factors includes laboratory experiments on rats; Doctor Leonard Cohen, Canadian Health Foundation comments. The issue of industrial pollution is examined by: Doctor Irving Selikoff, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, and Doctor C. Stewart, Workmen's Compensation Board. Doctor L. Burton, Immunology Research Foundation, New York shows results of his research on mice and comments on the adverse reaction of the scientific community to his findings. <60mn>

Language:

English

Original number:

61-2-2131-6002

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1. Includes promo for the American television series THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY.
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 7905-0237

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

Available Onsite Only / Seulement disponible sur le site

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Donor / Avec la permission écrite du donateur

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