Venereal Disease: the Hidden Epidemic (1973)

Director	Tom Smith
Producer	Tom Smith
Contributors	Collaborators: Walter Smartt and James Miller; Publisher: Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corp.
Length	27 minutes
B&W/Color	Color
UO Library Catalog description:	Presents a brief history of venereal disease, examines the symptoms of syphilis and gonorrhea and the microorganisms which cause these diseases, and emphasizes the importance and methods of treatment.
Call #	Mb271
Genre	Instructional
Rare	Yes
Online	No
Copyright status	Protected
Physical condition	Good
Oregon-related	No

Notes: 

Screened in conjunction with Damaged Lives at a Public event at the Library of Congress in 2006.

Reviewed in Five Films on Human Sexuality in volume II issue 1 of Teaching of Psychology. The article also reviewed The Sexually Mature Adult which is also found in the UO library.

Writer/director/producer Tom Smith has worked on over 60 films. After George Lucas screened Smith’s film, Solar System, Smith was hired to manage the visual effects for Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Poltergeist, Star Trek II & III, Return of the Jedi, and Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom. He went on to receive a British Academy Award for his visual effects work on Honey I Shrunk the Kids, and has received acknowledgment for his work on 3-D Disney rides (AFANA).