- Title: PA-53
- Summary: TOLD BY A TOOTH: Animated tooth presents film for children on balanced dental hygiene.
- Description:01:24:16 - CU CARTOON ANIMATION OF MOUTH OPEN WIDE AND A WHOLE ROW OF LOWER TEETH. ON REAR MOLAR WITH HANDS AND FEET, JUMPS OUT OF MOUTH AND STARTS TALKING TO CAMERA. "HELLO EVERYBODY HOW ARE YOU ALL?" MOLAR POINTS TO CAMERA SAYS, "WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE STRONG HEALTHY TEETH?" 01:24:44 - SMALL SMILING GIRL FACING CAMERA HOLDING TRAY OF FOOD, AS TALKING TOOTH VOICE OVER TELLS OF EATING THE RIGHT FOOD. MS LITTLE GIRL WITH TRAY APPROACHES LARGE ,OLAR, BIGGER THAN SHE IS, POURS GLASS OF MILK, VEGETABLES AND OTHER FOOD STUFFS FROM TRAY INTO IT, AS VOICE OVER SAYS "IF TEETH ARE TO BE STRONG WE MUST HAVE CALCIUM, THIS IS FOUND IN MILK, ETC." 01:25:17 - CU CUTE LITTLE GIRL WITH BOW IN HAIR, HOLDING TRAY WITH DISHES OF MEAT, EGGS, MILK, PRUNES AND OTHER FOODS CONTAINING PHOSPHORUS. AS VOICE OVER TELLS HOW THESE BENEFIT TEETH..LITTLE GIRL THEN HOLDS TRAY OF BOTTLES OF COD LIVER OIL AND OTHER OILS, RICH IN VITAMIN "D". GIRL THEN POUR THE OILS INTO THE LIFE -SIZE MOLAR. 01:25:50 - MS LITTLE GIRL WITH UMBRELLA WALKS OUT ON LAWN, LAYS FACE DOWN ON BLANKET. VOICE OVER TOOTH SPEAKING, "DO YOU KNOW THERE IS ANOTHER GOOD SOURCE OF VITAMIN "D", GOOD OLD SUN". SHE PUTS UMBRELLA ASIDE AND TAKES IN THE SUN WHILE LAYING FACE DOWN ON BLANKET. 01:26:02 - LITTLE GIRL HOLDS FOOD TRAY WITH SEVERAL ORANGES. SIGN NEXT TO HER "VITAMIN "C" FOODS GOOD FOR GUMS". 01:26:13 - MS LITTLE GIRL, FACING CAMERA SWINGING ON RINGS FROM PLAYGROUND HIGH BAR, AS VOICE OVER TALKS ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF EXERCISE. MS LITTLE GIRL FACING CAMERA DOING CALISTHENICS . "IT WILL HELP MAKE YOU STRONG", 01:26:43 - MS LITTLE BOY SEATED AT TABLE FACING CAMERA, BITES INTO APPLE, CHEWS IT. GIRL VOICE OVER, "WE TEETH NEED OUR EXERCISE TOO". "HOW DO WE GET IT?" "BY CHEWING". 01:27:01 - MS YOUNG WOMAN SEATED AT TABLE, FACING CAMERA, DINNER IN FRONT OF HERR, STARTS TO EAT, DRINK COFFEE TO WASH DOWN FOOD AFTER EACH MOUTH FULL OF SOFT FOOD.. VOICE OVER TELLS HOW TEETH DO NOT GET EXERCISE THIS WAY. 01:27:26 - MS MAN LAZILY LAYING DOWN BY STREAM, HAT COVERING FACE AS HE SLEEPS. TOOTH VOICE OVER, "IF THINGS GO ON THAT WAY, WE TEETH GET TO BE LIKE SOME LAZY FELLOW WHO LIE AROUND ALL THE TIME, AND IS NOT MUCH GOOD FOR ANYTHING". 01:27:39 - CU TRAY FULL OF CLERY, APPLES, LETTUCE, BREAD. vOICE OVER, "WHAT WE (TEETH) NEED IS HARD FOODS THAT WILL PUT US TO WORK". MCU BOY FACING CAMERA BITES INTO, CHEWS CARROT. LITTLE GIRL ON HIGH BAR, HANGS HEAD DOWN. 01:28:07 - CU HAND HOLDING TOOTH BRUSH OVER SINK.. MERCHANT BEHIND COUNTER SHOW LITTLE GIRL A NUMBER OF TOOTH BRUSHES HE TAKES OFF RACK, "VOICE OVER, "IN BUYING A TOTH BRUSH BE SURE YOU BUY ONE WHICH IS STRONG ENOUGH. YOUR DENTIST WILL BE GLAD TO TELL YOU THE RIGHT KIND TO BUY". MS WOMAN'S HAND POURS SALT INTO GLASS OF WATER, STIRS IT, THEN PLACES NEW TOOTH BRUSH IN SOLUTION. VOICE OVER EXPLAINS. CU NUMBER OF TOOTH BRUSHES SITTING BRISTLES UP IN GLASS ON BATHROOM SINK. VOICE OVER EXPLAINS. 01:29:25 - NUMBER OF TOOTHBRUSHES STANDING IN CIRCULAR RACK OVER SINK. "THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO KEEP YOUR TOOTH BRUSH". "THE RIGHT KIND OF BRUSH HANGING IN THE PROPER PLACE WHERE THE SUN CAN DRY IT IS A VERY FINE SIGHT INDEED". 01:29:55 - MS YOUNG GIRL IN BATHROOM, BRUSHING HER TEETH "IN THE PROPER MANNER". TOOTH BRUSH RACK IN B/G, CU SAME. VOICE OVER EXPLAINS. GIRL WASHES HER MOUTH OUT WITH GLASS OF WATER, SPITTING INTO SINK. 01:31:24 - YOUNG GIRL WALKING UP WALK TO AND ENTERING DENTISTS OFFICE. VOICE OVER "ONCE EVERY FOUR MONTHS". 01:31:40 - CU ANIMATED DRAWING OF TWO MOLARS HALF IMBEDDED IN GUMS SHOWS WHAT A BIT OF FOOD LEFT BETWEEN TEETH CAN CAUSE, "WHEN SOMEBODY NEGLECTED TO USE A TOOTH BRUSH". CU ANOTHER ANIMATED DRAWING SHOWS TOOTH DECAY, VOICE OVER "THIS ACID (FROM FOOD)IS STRONG ENOUGH TO EAT AWAY THE STRONG ENAMEL". CU TWO PEACHES LAYING SIDE BY SIDE, ONE ROTTEN, AS VOICE OVER COMPARES THIS TO TEETH. CU DIAGRAM OF MOLARS ,SHOW HOW ONE BAD TOOTH INFECTS THE OTHER. 01:32:43 - MS YOUNG GIRL OPENS WIDE AS DENTIST EXAMINES TEETH WITH PROBE. USES DRILL TO FIX CAVITY. 01:33:17 - CU TRAY WITH DISHES CONTAINING PLATES WITH MEAT, POTATOES BREAD AND VEGETABLES AND A GLASS OF MILK. VOICE OVER REMEMBER THE FOUR HELP TO BETTER TEETH, PROPER FOOD, EXERCISE BY CHEWING, BRUSHING AND REGULAR DENTIST VISITS".
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1939
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: PA-53