So Much for So Little
DocumentaryAnimationFamilyComedy
6.1/10
|US
|en
|10 min
Release Date: 1949-03-16
Overview - Little Johnny Jones, to be born in the next year, is shown growing to a ripe, healthy old age, thanks to the efforts of his local public health officers. But without them, he might be one of the 5% or so that dies in the first year. The price for the public health service: about 3 cents a week. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
Production Companies
Warner Bros. PicturesFederal Security AgencyUnited States Public Health ServiceWarner Bros. Cartoons
User Reviews
CinemaSerf
6/10
Who knew that when this was made, almost 5% of American babies were thought not likely to survive past their first birthday? This was because of varying levels of local healthcare services and because so many pesky bugs have never been trained to wash their legs after drinking from sewage contaminated rivers! Well fortunately, our own young specimen “Johnny Jones” does make it past that particular...
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