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This 1975 revised documentary is about man’s fight against disease. It’s sponsored by Shell and The World Health Organization, produced by Stuart Legg, and directed by Michael Clarke. Facial disfigurations, elephantiasis, and blindness are shown in Africa (1:36-2:33). Van Leeuwenhoek and his primitive microscope are shown (2:34-2:55). A variety of organisms are seen through a microscope. A hand turns microscope lenses to show microbes (2:56-3:42). Microbes are swabbed onto petri dishes, placed inside a cabinet to incubate, and opened to reveal growth (3:44-4:15). The camera pans up a creek to animal bones (4:42-5:09). The camera pans bottles and stacked petri dishes to scientists with a microscope (5:10-5:24). The microbes of leprosy are shown, followed by the hands, feet, faces, and backs of lepers (5:25-6:00). Spirochetes are shown, followed by inflamed crusty spots and deformities (6:01-6:35). An elephantiasis worm wiggles under a microscope, followed by people with its deformities (6:36-6:58). A scientis
