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Is alcohol a food, a stimulant, or a depressant? Is alcohol in any form good for you? What is the difference between hard drinking and alcoholism. Can alcoholism be cured? And finally, how does the law regard drunkenness?
These questions are discussed by a team of medical and scientific experts who have specialised in the effect of alcohol on the human body.
Production by Andrew Miller Jones who writes on page 45

Contributors

Animations:
Alfred Wurmser
Production:
Andrew Miller Jones

Presenting the current hit tunes.
[Starring] Diana Coupland, Laurie Payne, Jean Campbell, Joan Anderson, Monty Norman, The Hit Parade Dancers, Rita Williams and the Music Makers, Geraldo and his Orchestra

Contributors

Singer:
Diana Coupland
Singer:
Laurie Payne
Singer:
Jean Campbell
Singer:
Joan Anderson
Singer:
Monty Norman
Dancers:
The Hit Parade Dancers
Singers:
Rita Williams and the Music Makers
Musicians:
Geraldo and his Orchestra
Scenario:
Laon Maybanke
Scenario:
Kim Peacock
Choreography:
Hazel Gee
Designer:
Frederick Knapman
Producer:
Kenneth Carter

Twenty-six dramatic and authentic films produced by the National Broadcasting Company and the United States Navy, with the assistance of the Admiralty, and using film obtained from both allied and enemy sources.

The battle for the Midway Islands after the Philippines fell was one of the most decisive battles in naval history. Here you see how this great operation stemmed the Japanese advance in the Pacific.

Film introduced by Michael Lewis, Professor of History at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

Contributors

Film introduced by:
Michael Lewis

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