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Film, Video For health and happiness

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About this Item

Title

  • For health and happiness

Summary

  • "Discusses the vital bearing good nutrition has on human health and happiness. Outlines food requirements for various age levels; shows scenes of well-nourished children from infancy to youth, and the food groups that contribute to all-around development."--Educational film guide.

Names

  • Monsch, Helen, 1881-1959, film director, contributor
  • Birdseye, Miriam, 1878-1948, contributor
  • Carrello, Calle, 1905-1993, cinematographer, film editor
  • United States. Extension Service, production company
  • Cornell University, production company
  • United States. Department of Agriculture, film distributor

Created / Published

  • United States : U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1941.

Headings

  • -  Children--Nutrition
  • -  Children--Health and hygiene
  • -  Child rearing

Genre

  • Educational films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Narrator: Helen Monsch.
  • -  Subject matter [experts], Miriam Birdseye, Helen Monsch ; photography and editing, Calle Carrello ; recording, Reuben Ford.
  • -  Also released as a silent version.
  • -  Sources used: Educational film guide, 1953, p. 688, viewed online November 6, 2023 via Media History Digital Library; Cornell University WWW site, Early faculty biographies, Helen Monsch, viewed November 6, 2023; NICEM index to 16mm educational films, vol. II, 1980, p. 614.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (approximately 11 min.) : sd., col.

Source Collection

  • MacDonald (J. Fred and Leslie W.) Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023600646

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Monsch, Helen, Film Director, Contributor, Miriam Birdseye, Calle Carrello, and Film Distributor United States Department Of Agriculture. For Health and Happiness. produceds by United States Extension Serviceuction Company, and Cornell Universityuction Company United States: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1941. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2023600646/.

APA citation style:

Monsch, H., Birdseye, M., Carrello, C. & United States Department Of Agriculture, F. D. (1941) For Health and Happiness. United States Extension Serviceuction Company & Cornell Universityuction Company, prods United States: U.S. Department of Agriculture. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2023600646/.

MLA citation style:

Monsch, Helen, Film Director, Contributor, et al. For Health and Happiness. prod by United States Extension Serviceuction Company, and Cornell Universityuction Company United States: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1941. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2023600646/>.