It's Your Health
name: label: Collection Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences
label: Collection Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences
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content: Medical Sciences Film Collection
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content: Medical Sciences Film Collection / Series 2: Dental Films
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content: 1 Film reel (black and white, composite optical soundtrack, print, 16mm; 615 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1957
container: label: Container
content: Reel OF 222.24
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
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content: Credits: Apex Film Corporation; director: William J. Thiele; producer: Jack Chertok; screenplay: William J. Thiele and David Sheppard; director of photography: Robert Pittach; Southern California State Dental Association; art director: McClure Capps; film editor: Jack Ruggiero; music: David Chudnow; narrator: Gerald Mohr; technical advisers: John R. Abel, DOS, Captain Perry M. Shaw, D.C. USNR, Hugo M. Kulstad, DDS, James Robinson.

Summary: Film follows the story of two brothers: Jimmy and Tommy. Jimmy dreams of going to the Naval Academy in Annapolis. However he fails the dental exam and is therefore rejected. He asks the family dentist to teach young children the importance of good nutrition and good dental hygiene.