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Goodbye, Mr. Germ (1940)

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Goodbye, Mr. Germ (1940)
 Sponsor: National Tuberculosis Association. Production Co.: DeFrenes Studios. Director: Edgar G. Ulmer. Camera: Joseph Noble. Cast: James Kirkwood. Transfer Note: Scanned from a 16mm print held by the Library of Congress. Running Time: 15 minutes.

Antituberculosis film targeted at children that drives home its message with live action and animation. The short portrays the infection and cure of a two-year-old boy. Included is a visit to a surreal laboratory, where a doctor addresses the animated tuberculosis bacillus “Tee Bee” via a radio device hooked up to his microscope before killing off the germ and its tribe.

Note: Also distributed in 16mm.

Resources
Educational Film Catalog, comps. Dorothy E. Cook and Eva Rahbek-Smith (New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1940–41), 89.