<I>The Color of Health</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1950-1959
name: label: Created by
content: American Bakers Association, American, founded 1897
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A release print of an educational film with the title The Color of Health. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm acetate film (2017.55.42.1a) with variable-area optical sound. The film focuses on the importance of physical education and good diet for physical and mental health. An original metal cannister (2017.55.42.1b) accompanies the 16mm acetate film. A white label with an address and production company logo is attached to the metal cannister. The following is printed on the label in black letters [ Fred A. Niles Productions Inc. / AMERICAN BAKERS ASSN. / "THE COLOR OF HEALTH" / 16mm composite color release print].
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Health
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.42.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: children's films
label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: short subjects
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film and metal
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 11 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 400 Feet