- Title: VM-1436
- Summary: WEIGHT REDUCTION THROUGH DIET: DESCRIBES A WEIGHT REDUCTION STUDY OF A GROUP OF OVERWEIGHT STUDENTS & A GROUP OF OLDER PEOPLE. EACH PERSON IS GIVEN A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND IS ENCOURAGED TO MEASURE HIS OR HER CUSTOMARY PORTIONS OF FOOD TO DETERMINE HIS OR HER DIETARY FAULTS. HE OR SHE IS GIVEN A HEALTHFUL DIET WITH ALL NECESSARY VITAMINS AND CALORIES. SHOWS PROGRESS OVER A 4-MONTH PERIOD, WITH WEIGHT LOSS AVERAGING 1 1/2 POUNDS PER WEEK. 1950s HEALTH
- Description:00:45:15 - MAN AT HOME READING THE NEWSPAPER, FOLDS IT UP, RISES FROM HIS CHAIR 00:45:23 - BIG STERN LOOKING WOMAN USING EARLY 1950s ROLLING IRONING MACHINE 00:45:28 - LATE 1940s, EARLY 1950s FAMILY SITTING AT THE TABLE HAVING DINNER. PASSING PLATES OF FOOD AROUND THE TABLE 00:45:38 - 1950s BUSINESS LUNCH. GARISH CURTAINS HANG. WAITRESS CLEARS PLATES FROM TABLE AND BRINGS DESERT PLATES 00:45:47 - OLD LADIES HAVING TEA, SOCIAL 00:45:55 - OLDER COUPLE, HUSBAND SITTING, LOOKING AT WEDDING PHOTO, WIFE LOOKING OVER HIS SHOULDER. REMINISCING 00:46:03 - LONELY FAT COLLEGE GIRL EATING A BOX OF POPCORN IN BED AND READING. 1950s OBESITY. SCHOOL BANNER ON WALL. DORM ROOM. 1950s COLLEGE COUPLES DANCING APPEAR DREAMLIKE IN HER DORM ROOM 00:46:27 - OVERWEIGHT WOMAN LEAVES "PERSONNEL OFFICE", LOOKING AT HELP WANTED ADS CLIPPED FROM NEWSPAPER. JOB HUNTING. 00:46:35 - FAT WOMAN IN STORE HOLDS DRESS UP TO HERSELF FOR SIZE & LOOKS IN THE MIRROR. PUTS THE DRESS BACK ON THE RACK AND LOOKS AT OTHER DRESSES. SHOPPING. RETAIL STORE 00:46:51 - MAN ADJUSTING HIS TIE AFTER MEDICAL EXAMINATION. DOCTOR CONCERNED ABOUT MODERATE OVERWEIGHT MAN'S HEALTH. STETHOSCOPE AROUND DOCTOR'S NECK. PATIENT PUTS HIS SUIT JACKET BACK ON 00:47:08 - FEMALE LAB WORKERS CONDUCTING FOOD EXPERIMENTS, NUTRITION DIET RESEARCH 00:47:18 - EXTERIOR MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE 4-STORY BRICK BUILDING 00:47:24 - DR. MARGARET OLSEN, HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOODS & NUTRITION FILLS OUT PAPER WORK IN HER OFFICE. OVERWEIGHT COLLEGE GIRL SITS DOWN, TAKING PART IN A WEIGHT CONTROL STUDY. 00:47:45 - FAT GIRLS SITTING AT A DIET TRAINING TABLE EATING. OVERWEIGHT YOUNG WOMEN 00:48:03 - WOMEN IN WHITE LAB COATS LEAD A NUTRITION CLASS FOR ADULTS. WOMAN POURS A GLASS OF MILK FROM A 1950s GLASS BOTTLE OF MILK 00:48:26 - DOCTOR EXAMINES PATIENT, LISTENS TO HIS HEART WITH STETHOSCOPE MEDICAL EXAMINATION 00:48:38 - NURSE SUMMONS COLLEGE GIRL TO THE DOCTORS OFFICE. OTHER GIRLS IN DOCTOR'S OFFICE WAITING ROOM 00:48:43 - COLLEGE GIRL IN DR. CHARLES F. HOLLAND'S OFFICE. DIET CONSULTING. DOCTOR GIVES COLLEGE GIRL A MEDICAL EXAM 1950s BLOOD PRESSURE DEVICE 00:49:01 - WHEN SPEAKING ABOUT WEIGHT REDUCTION, DR. LOOKS AT THE CAMERA AND SAYS "THERE IS NO SHORT CUT TO WEIGHT REDUCTION." GIVES ADVICE TO OVERWEIGHT PATIENTS 00:49:30 - DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS WORKING IN LAB ANALYZING FOODS 1950s LAB EQUIPMENT. FEMALE LAB WORKER PUTS ON RUBBER GLOVES. CU BUBBLING LAB BEAKERS. 00:50:08 - CU PHOTO OF FOODS HIGH IN PROTEIN. FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY. CHICKEN, EGGS. RED MEAT. CHEESE. 00:50:20 - 1950s FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY. DAIRY FOODS. MILK. CHEESE. EGGS. NARRATOR SAYS MILK DOES MORE FOR THE REDUCER THAN ANY OTHER FOOD 00:50:31 - FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY. VEGETABLES. THEN FRUITS 00:50:56 - 1950s FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY, CEREAL FOODS GRAINS. FOOD GROUPS 00:51:08 - CHUBBY GIRLS WITH THEIR BACKS TO THE CAMERA WEAR EARLY 1950s SHORTS AND HALTER TOPS. SOME HAVE MORE WEIGHT TO LOSE THAN OTHERS. VARYING BODY TYPES. 00:51:24 - NURSE TAKES FAT GIRL'S MEASUREMENTS, HEIGHT. BRINGS HER TO A FIGURE CHART OF A WOMAN SHOWING WHERE EXCESS POUNDS TEND TO ACCUMULATE 00:51:44 - GIRLS AT A DIET TRAINING TABLE WEIGHING FOOD PORTIONS ON SCALE, THEN WRITE DOWN THE NUMBERS 00:52:15 - POV OVER SHOULDER OF GIRL EATING DINNER 00:52:26 - TABLE WITH FOOD AMOUNTING TO 2400 CALORIES. 00:52:31 - CU TABLE SINGLE SETTING OF BREAKFAST WITH SIGN "BREAKFAST" CAMERA MOVES TO SIMILAR SETTING FOR LUNCH WITH "LUNCH" SIGN, AND SETTING FOR DINNER WITH "DINNER" SIGN, BETWEEN MEAL SNACK. ALL THESE MEALS AVERAGE 2400 CALORIES A DAY 00:52:57 - TABLE SET WITH 3 WEIGHT REDUCING MEALS CONTAINING 1400 CALORIES 00:53:09 - CU BREAKFAST, CAMERA SWINGS TO THE RIGHT TO LUNCH, SWINGS AGAIN TO DINNER. 1950s CONCEPT OF HEALTHY DIET 00:53:40 - CU TABLE FULL OF PLATES OF FOOD ADDING UP TO 1400 CALORIES NAME PLATES READ BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER 00:54:13 - TRIO OF COLLEGE GIRLS IN DORM ROOM, NORMAL WEIGHT GIRL "CARE PACKAGE" BOX FROM HOME SNACKS, 2 FAT GIRL ROOMMATES RESIST TEMPTATION AND SHAKE THEIR HEADS NO. WILL POWER PEER PRESSURE 00:54:25 - COLLEGE GIRLS ON DIETS ARE WEIGHED BY SCHOOL NURSE 00:54:33 - FAT GIRLS IN 1950s RED GYM CLOTHES EXERCISE 00:54:46 - COLLEGE GIRLS WALK TO CLASS ON CAMPUS IN WINTER TIME, SNOW ON THE GROUND. 00:54:54 - OLDER COUPLE AT HOME ON A WEIGHT REDUCTION DIET, WIFE WRITES DOWN, KEEPS TRACK OF FOOD CALORIE INTAKE. MAN EATS PIE 00:55:14 - ADULTS IN COLLEGE SPONSORED WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAM NURSE HANDS WOMAN PAPER WITH MEAL SUGGESTIONS 00:55:32 - 1950s HOUSEWIFE MEASURES FOOD PORTIONS ONTO A PLATE FOR HUSBAND, PUTS THE REST OF THE FAMILY'S MEALS INTO SERVING BOWLS 00:55:49 - MAN SHAKES NAPKIN OUT, PLACES ON HIS LAP BEFORE EATING. GARISH CURTAINS IN BKGD. DRINKS GLASS OF MILK 00:56:00 - CU PLATES OF FOOD ON TABLE ADDING UP TO 1800 CALORIES EGGS AND TOAST WITH BUTTER FOR BREAKFAST, SALSBURY STEAK AND ASPARAGUS WITH A SALAD FOR LUNCH, CHICKEN, PEAS AND A SALAD FOR DINNER, ALL MEALS SERVED WITH A GLASS OF MILK. 00:56:25 - CU BREAKFAST FOR THOSE WHO LIKE LOTS OF BUTTER, SKIMMED MILK INSTEAD OF WHOLE MILK AS PART OF THEIR DIET. GLASS DISAPPEARS, REAPPEARS. MORE BUTTER APPEARS ON THE PLATE 00:56:35 - FOR LUNCH, LESS MEAT, ADD CHEESE 00:56:40 - FOR DINNER, LESS CHICKEN, ADD COTTAGE CHEESE TO THE SALAD 00:56:47 - DR. IN HIS OFFICE TALKS TO PATIENT OFF CAMERA AND LOOKS AT DIET RECORDS. PICKS UP PENCIL, WRITES 00:57:15 - EXTERIOR MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE, 4 MONTHS LATER, SPRING TIME. GIRLS WALKING ON CAMPUS. EARLY 1950s FASHIONS. 00:57:31 - FAT GIRLS WITH BACKS TO THE CAMERA WEARING EARLY 1950s SHORTS AND HALTER TOPS. SAME GIRLS WITH BACKS TO THE CAMERA WEARING DIFFERENT SHORTS AND HALTER TOPS SHOWING BEFORE-AND-AFTER DIET COMPARISON 00:57:36 - GIRLS TURN AND FACE THE CAMERA, GIRL IN THE CENTER HAS REGAINED NORMAL WEIGHT WITH A LOSS OF 32 POUNDS. WAIST LINES COMING BACK. 00:57:54 - FOUR SHORT FAT GIRLS WITH BACKS TO THE CAMERA, SAME GIRLS AFTER 4 MONTHS OF DIET, BEFORE-AND-AFTER COMPARISON 00:58:17 - COLLEGE GIRL IS SMILING AND HAPPY AFTER BEING WEIGHED BY NURSE 00:58:25 - EARLY 1950s COLLEGE GIRLS DRESSED UP IN FORMAL EVENING GOWNS. GIRL POWDERS HER NOSE 00:58:35 - TWO MEN LOOK AT WEIGHT LOSS GRAPHS SHOWING DIET RESULTS CU GRAPH 00:58:52 - OLDER WOMAN FIXES HER HAIR IN HALLWAY MIRROR, HUSBAND WALKS UP TO HER, SHE'S PROUD OF THE WEIGHT SHE'S LOST 00:59:08 - PEOPLE IN OFFICE, MAN POINTS TO MAP ON WALL, 1950s BUSINESS MEETING 00:59:29 - DOCTOR TALKS TO THE CAMERA ABOUT WEIGHT REDUCTION
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1951
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1436