The search : University of Minnesota heart disease research
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| Description | The film explains the enduring hunt by a team of scientists for treatments to curb cardiovascular disorders, which kill nearly a million adult Americans annually. The film features Dr. Ancel Keys, a famed physiologist who studied the effect of diet on health and is known for the Seven Countries study and for his contributions to the K-rations that fed soldiers in World War II. The film shows experiments conducted on 500 normal, healthy men from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, who are subjected to a variety of tests including running on a treadmill, blood tests, X-rays, and a personality inventory, all in attempt to explain why heart disease claims so many lives. Peabody Award winner for research. Credits: Produced for The search by Roy Lockwood; film consultant, Alfred Butterfield; written by Charles O'Neill; additional material by Lawrence Mollot; filmed by Information Productions, Inc. for CBS Television; directed by Julian Roffman. Cast: Narrator, Eric Sevareid; Ancel Keys. Gift; Cat |
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| Source | collections.nlm.nih.gov |
| Author | Sevareid, Eric, 1912-1992, narrator., Keys, Ancel, 1904-2004, on-screen presenter., Roffman, Julian, 1915-2000, film director., Gitlin, Irving, -1967, film producer., Young America Films, presenter., CBS Television Network, presenter., Information Product |
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Attribution: Sevareid, Eric, 1912-1992, narrator., Keys, Ancel, 1904-2004, on-screen presenter., Roffman, Julian, 1915-2000, film director., Gitlin, Irving, -1967, film producer., Young America Films, presenter., CBS Television Network, presenter., Information Product