Leprosy
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1981.2.2
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Hilsman, Roger, 1890-1975
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content: Roger Hilsman films of the Philippines
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (14 minutes, black-and-white silent; 450 feet, 35mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1929
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film documents leprosy victims in the Culion Leper Colony, Culion, Philippines. During the time that Captain Hilsman was Commandant of Cadets at the Ateneo de Manila (1928-1930) he was commissioned by the Philippines government to make this documentary about how lepers come in from hiding in the jungle to seek treatment. Authorities toured this film around the islands in an effort to encourage victims of leprosy to seek treatment.