Station IV

Geißel der Menschheit

Venereal disease threatens to tear a young couple apart.

Mikrob minulosti

Gonorrhea

Diagnosis of gonorrhea should be done by clinical and laboratory investigation. The physician and patients are shown in the physician's office and examining room. The patients remove their clothing, and the physician takes samples from the end of the penis and makes thin smear slides from them. The techniques for stripping gonococci from male and female patients with chronic gonorrhea are shown in drawings and live footage. The physician is shown getting and preparing a urine sample for laboratory testing for the presence of gonococci, including using a hand-cranked centrifuge. The material is packaged to be sent away for laboratory diagnosis by gram stain and culture.

American Swing

Chronicles the rise and fall of 1970s New York City nightclub Plato's Retreat.

Schleichendes Gift

Mit den Augen einer Frau

VD: Know Your Contacts

Shows how people, faced with the possibility or reality of being infected with venereal disease, cope with their individual situations.

Syphilis: A Motion Picture Clinic

This American Medical Association (AMA) and U.S. Public Health Service (PHS)-sponsored film aims to present the most current knowledge about causes, effects, and treatment of syphilis. Remarks by the heads of the AMA and PHS open the film, and doctors are shown lecturing and describing symptoms and indications of primary and secondary syphilis. Clinical techniques for examining patients and testing for syphilis are shown. Recommended treatments including arsenic, bismuth, and mercury for various manifestations and duration of disease are presented.

Any Evening After Work

A man contracts a sexually transmitted disease, but is reluctant to seek medical help - until a no-nonsense lecture about the risks he is taking forces him to change his mind.

The Glamorous Lie

In an attempt to understand the complexities of a long-running relationship, YaVaughnie Wilkins journeys back into her past.

USS VD: Ship of Shame

This film was made by the U.S. government during World War II to show its young servicemen the results of "fooling around" with "loose women" overseas. Actual victims of such sexually transmitted diseases as syphilis and gonorrhoea are shown, along with the physical deterioration that accompanies those diseases.

To the People of the United States

World War II public education film about sexually transmitted diseases focused on syphilis.

Es ist leider so!

Short sex education film about STDs.

Casual Ties: Casualties

The experiences of a young girl help to focus attention on some psycho-social aspects of the venereal disease problem. Written and directed by Rolf Forsberg (maker of Parable, Stalked, Ark, One Friday).

Die Geschlechtskrankheiten und ihre Folgen

Educational film about the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases.

Es werde Licht!

A painter with syphilis infects his brother's wife and the child born of their affair.

The Solitary Sin

Bob, John, and Edward--three young boys growing up in the same neighborhood--have vastly-different experiences with sex. Bob's father patiently explains "the birds and the bees" to him, and even takes him to a hospital to see the effects of venereal disease.

Es werde Licht! 2. Teil

A doctor who believes that only the immoral catch syphilis reconsiders his stance.

Kids

A group of bored, disaffected New York City teenagers spend a day skating, smoking, drinking, partying, deflowering virgins, and getting into fights.

The Escape

A dramatic comparison between the mating habits of animals and the way humans choose their own partners. The film is now considered to be a lost film.