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Film, Video All my babies...a midwife's own story Midwife's own story

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About this Item

Title

  • All my babies...a midwife's own story

Other Title

  • Midwife's own story

Summary

  • A training film for midwives. Shows in detail a complete delivery and demonstrates the approved procedures to be used by the midwife before, during, and after delivery. Follows a midwife, Mrs. Mary Coley, in her work with various cases under both favorable and unfavorable circumstances.

Names

  • Stoney, George C., film director, film producer, screenwriter
  • Cadwallader, Marian F.
  • Mitchell, Hannah D.
  • Bond, Peaslee, cinematographer
  • Cummins, Sylvia K., film editor
  • Applebaum, Louis, 1918-2000, music
  • Association of American Medical Colleges. Medical Audio-Visual Institute
  • Georgia. Department of Public Health
  • Columbia University. Press. Center for Mass Communication

Created / Published

  • United States : Distributed by CMC, Center for Mass Communication of Columbia University Press, 1953.

Headings

  • -  Midwifery--Georgia--Albany
  • -  Coley, Mary Francis Hill,--1900-1966
  • -  African American midwives--Georgia--Albany
  • -  Childbirth at home--Georgia--Albany
  • -  Prenatal care--Georgia--Albany
  • -  Obstetrics--Georgia--Albany

Genre

  • Documentary films
  • Instructional films
  • Feature films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  MP4939 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: State of Georgia Dept. of Health; 25Mar53 (in notice: 1952); MP4939.
  • -  Appearing: Mrs. Mary Coley.
  • -  Introduced by Wm. A. Mason, M.D., Ph.D.
  • -  Technical supervisors, Marion F. Cadwallader, R.N., B.S., Hannah D. Mitchell, R.N., M.P.H. ; director of photography, Peaslee Bond ; assistant cameraman, Robert Galbraith ; edited by, Sylvia K. Cummins ; technical supervisors, Marion F. Cadwallader, R.N., B.S., Hannah D. Mitchell, R.N., M.P.H. ; musical director, Louis Applebaum ; sound engineer, Walter Winn ; assistant sound engineer, Jack Brown ; chief electrician, Robert Downey ; music performed by the Musical Art Chorus, Othello C. Wilson, director.
  • -  Photographed between January and March, 1952 in Albany, Georgia.
  • -  Summary from original catalog card in M/B/RS Film & Television card catalog.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
  • -  Sources used: Barnouw, E. Documentary, a history of the non-fiction film, p. 258; U.S. National Library of Medicine WWW site, viewed July 3, 2017 (digital collections catalog record for All my babies); Film History, Vol. 1, No. 4 (1987), p. 367-392, Jackson, L. The Production of George Stoney's film "All my babies: a midwife's own story" on JSTOR, retrieved July 3, 2017; Internet movie database WWW site, viewed July 3, 2017; Wikipedia WWW site, viewed July 3, 2017.

Medium

  • 2 video files (digital, MPEG-4) (ca. 55 min.) : si., b&w.
  • viewing print 3 film reels of 3 on 1 (ca. 55 min., 1,930 ft.,) : sd., b&w, 16 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FDA 4767 (viewing print)

Source Collection

  • Barnouw (Erik) Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017604960

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Stoney, George C., Film Director, Film Producer, Screenwriter, Marian F Cadwallader, Hannah D Mitchell, Peaslee Bond, Sylvia K Cummins, Louis Applebaum, Association Of American Medical Colleges. Medical Audio-Visual Institute, Georgia. Department Of Public Health, and Columbia University. Press. Center For Mass Communication. All My Babies...a Midwife's Own Story. United States: Distributed by CMC, Center for Mass Communication of Columbia University Press, 1953. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017604960/.

APA citation style:

Stoney, G. C., Cadwallader, M. F., Mitchell, H. D., Bond, P., Cummins, S. K., Applebaum, L. [...] Columbia University. Press. Center For Mass Communication. (1953) All My Babies...a Midwife's Own Story. United States: Distributed by CMC, Center for Mass Communication of Columbia University Press. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2017604960/.

MLA citation style:

Stoney, George C., Film Director, Film Producer, Screenwriter, et al. All My Babies...a Midwife's Own Story. United States: Distributed by CMC, Center for Mass Communication of Columbia University Press, 1953. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2017604960/>.