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- BFI identifier5642
- Date1956 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisANIMATION FILM. Looks at the problems of the chronic alcoholic, emphasising the deterioration in standards of health and human dignity. Shows the effect of alcohol on the brain and the senses. [Note: first animated film made for the World Health Organisation]. (Synopsis)
- Genre
- CategoryNon Fiction
- Subject
- CreditsDirector: Philip Stapp
Production Company: Halas & Batchelor
Sponsor: World Health Organization
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Title
To Your Health (Original)
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- Scripts / DocumentsTo Your Health - Animated film sponsored by the World Health Organisation looking at the problems of the chronic alcoholic, emphasising the deterioration in standards of health and human dignity. Shows the effect of alcohol on the brain and the senses. [Note: first animated film made for the World Health Organisation] Director: Philip Stapp; producer: John Halas; script: Philip Stapp, Joy Batchelor; animation: Brian Borthwick; music: Matyas Seiber Papers include commentaryt script, credit list, press cutting, music cue sheet, award certificate - HAB-1-39
Script - Dialogue script, 3 pages, no date c.1955-1956 - HAB-1-39-1
Script - Two copies of dialogue script same as HAB-1-39-1 no date c.1955 - 1956 - HAB-1-39-2
Document: post-production - Music cue sheet, giving brief details about the film [length, duration, distribution] and of the music used. There are annotations to the film's title [working title 'Alcoholism'] and a revised duration no date c.1956 - HAB-1-39-3
Document: publicity - Press cutting of article 'Look and Learn' by David Rider in which he mentions various animation films including 'To Your Health', which is compared to 'Habit' directed by Denis Gilpin. There is a more expansive discription of the film 'Put Una Money For There', produced at the W M Larkins Studios - HAB-1-39-4
view all - StillsPhotograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1655396
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1655397
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1655398
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1655399
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1655400
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Work - 5642 - 1956 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Non Fiction
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