George C. Stoney
Director
The Invader (1955)
PSA about the history of Syphilis and the medical treatments used to combat it that's meant to raise the public awareness of the dangers of this insidious modern plague and the necessity of blood screenings and treatments.
Genres: Documentary, History, Short
Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.psa, imdb.infectious-disease, imdb.reference-to-alexander-fleming, imdb.penicillin, imdb.std, imdb.std-test + 38 more, imdb.std-clinic, imdb.medical-treatment, imdb.renaissance, imdb.15th-century, imdb.16th-century, imdb.19th-century, imdb.misdiagnosis, imdb.global-pandemic, imdb.educational, imdb.quack-doctor, imdb.1930s, imdb.social-taboo, imdb.narrator, imdb.illustration, imdb.discovery-of-america, imdb.medical-breakthrough, imdb.salvarsan, imdb.cure, imdb.victorian-morality, imdb.reference-to-naples-italy, imdb.reference-to-fritz-schaudinn, imdb.reference-to-erich-hoffmann, imdb.reference-to-sahachiro-hata, imdb.reference-to-paul-ehrlich, imdb.breaking-taboos, imdb.taboo-subject, imdb.public-shaming, imdb.reference-to-thomas-parran-jr, imdb.public-awareness-campaign, imdb.speaking-french, imdb.religious-zealot, imdb.populace-ignorance, imdb.medical-experiment, imdb.reenactment, imdb.medical-history, imdb.syphilis, imdb.sexually-transmissible-disease, imdb.ephemeral-film
Country: United States
Languages:
English
Recommendations
Runtime: 37 min.
Released: Jan. 1, 1955
Status: Released
Certification: NR