Journey into Medicine

Journey into Medicine
Directed by Willard Van Dyke
Written by Irving Jacoby
Starring James Karen
Narrated by Tony Kraber
Music by Henry Brant
Cinematography Boris Kaufman
Edited by Aram Boyajian
Production
company
Distributed by U.S. Department of State
Release date
  • 1947 (1947)
Running time
 40 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Journey into Medicine is a 1947 American documentary-style film. The film stars James Karen as Michael Kenneth Marshall, a young medical student who goes through medical training at Columbia and Cornell. During his internship in pediatrics, Marshall loses one of his patients, a young girl to diphtheria. This case inspires him to enroll in the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and pursue a career in public health. While studying at Johns Hopkins, Marshall helps battle an outbreak of diphtheria in Baltimore, which confirms to him his chosen vocation.

The film was made by the United States Information Service for use by the U.S. State Department. The film was meant to be shown outside the United States as a promotional film for American medicine and public health efforts abroad.[1]

The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The Academy Film Archive preserved Journey into Medicine in 2011.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Atwater, R. M.; Brown, W. H.; Calver, H. N. (July 1, 1949). "Journey into Medicine". American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health. 39 (7): 947–948. doi:10.2105/ajph.39.7.947-b. ISSN 0002-9572. PMC 1528278. PMID 18017047.
  2. ↑ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
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