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Film, Video Working and playing to health Also known as: Working and playing to health (as we see it)

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About this Item

Title

  • Working and playing to health

Other Title

  • Also known as: Working and playing to health (as we see it)

Summary

  • A dramatization of recreational, occupational, and industrial therapy in the psychiatric hospital, Manteno State Hospital. Tells the story of the personnel who operate these therapy programs, showing how they plan, organize, and conduct their work under the guidance of psychiatrists as part of the hospital team. Episodes on therapists at work are explained, pointing out the theories behind the practices. Depicts the problems that arise in attempting to maintain therapeutic attitudes throughout a hospital.

Names

  • Van Dyke, Willard, film director
  • Bay, Alfred Paul, 1910- contributor
  • Illinois. Department of Public Welfare, sponsor
  • Mental Health Film Board (New York, N.Y.), sponsor, other
  • Affiliated Film Producers, production company
  • International Film Bureau, film distributor

Created / Published

  • United States : International Film Bureau, Inc., 1953.

Headings

  • -  Psychotherapy--Illinois
  • -  Psychiatric hospitals--Illinois
  • -  Mental health--Illinois
  • -  Therapeutics--Illinois
  • -  Manteno State Hospital

Genre

  • Instructional films
  • Sponsored films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  ©1953 M.H.F.B. copyright notice on film
  • -  "As we see it"--Parenthesized on title frame.
  • -  Featuring: Manteno State Hospital staff.
  • -  Photographer, Kevin Smith ; technical assistance, Alfred Paul Bay, M.D. ; consultants for therapy, Bertha Schlotter & staff.
  • -  Filmed at the Manteno State Hospital in Illinois.
  • -  Summary adapted from Selected mental health films.
  • -  Sources used: Selected mental health films, 1967, p. 88, viewed online November 30, 2023 via Media History Digital Library; Film comment, v. 3, no. 2, 1965, p. 36 viewed online November 30, 2023 via JSTOR; Prelinger, R. The field guide to sponsored films, 2006, p. 101 viewed online November 30, 2023 via Internet Archive.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (approximately 35 min.) : sd., b&w.

Source Collection

  • American Archives of the Factual Film Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023600651

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Van Dyke, Willard, Film Director, Alfred Paul Bay, Sponsor Illinois. Department Of Public Welfare, Sponsor Mental Health Film Board, and Film Distributor International Film Bureau. Working and Playing to Health. produceds by Affiliated Film Producersuction Company United States: International Film Bureau, Inc, 1953. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2023600651/.

APA citation style:

Van Dyke, W., Bay, A. P., Illinois. Department Of Public Welfare, S., Mental Health Film Board, S. & International Film Bureau, F. D. (1953) Working and Playing to Health. Affiliated Film Producersuction Company, prod United States: International Film Bureau, Inc. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2023600651/.

MLA citation style:

Van Dyke, Willard, Film Director, et al. Working and Playing to Health. prod by Affiliated Film Producersuction Company United States: International Film Bureau, Inc, 1953. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2023600651/>.