UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Steineded How sad is this?

Pluskylang Great Film overall

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) This is a 10-minute movie from over 65 years ago and the inclusion of director Chuck Jones and voice actor Mel Blanc should tell you that it is actually a cartoon, despite the serious subject. Not only Disney made these animated educational films, but Warner Bros. as well. This one here managed the unique achievement to win an Academy Award "despite" being animated and of course I am talking about the Documentary, Short category here. However, the award did not go to the legendary Chuck Jones (he still had to wait a couple more years for his win), but to producer Edward Selzer who scored really many nominations and wins with his cartoons in the 1940s and 1950s. This one here is about health care and how it's just a really small sum everybody needs to contribute to help those who need it, also the elderly. War was over, so these educational movies moved into different directions, domestic issues again mostly, just like this one here. However, I did not think this was close to Warner Bros' best. Not recommended.

mightyquinninwky You have to realize what is motivating someone's comments, and anger can be one of the most blinding of motivators. If something unfortunate happens to a young one that have to blame the world and take out their short comings and mistakes on everyone else. The fact is vaccination has saved innumerable lives and all but eradicated dreaded diseases such as small pox and the German Measles. There will always be a small few that it hurts (then than 1%) and that is a small price to pay when you look at what toll these diseases took when they were allowed to run rampant. Today we have people that are irrationally blaming SIDS and autism on these vaccines, but truly no research (and there has been plenty) has found a link. People must quit being irrational and understand that there is a risk that comes with anything good and pardon the cliché "don't throw the baby out with the bath water". As far as this cartoon goes; great animation and excellent writing! All pros working on this and you can tell. No wonder it won the Oscar, a great piece of animation as is most of the stuff from Warner's during this time period. Don't take one angry persons word, watch it, check the science, then make your judgment. I can't believe they allowed his post to begin wit; anyway well worth the watch!!

movieman_kev Horribly one sided, this propaganda piece spouts the supposed merits of inoculations (whill conveniently NOT telling that those same shots can in some instances be MORE harmful than what they innoculate against) I learned of THAT travesty first hand and it's a bitch. That part of the animated short made me so damn mad that it tainted everything that was said afterwords. Not only is this pure unadulterated propaganda crap, it's also EXTREMELY dated and isn't worth watching due to it's horrendous use of fear tactics. This animated short can be seen as an extra in the "From the Vaults" section on Disc 4 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2.My Grade: F

Robert Reynolds Although somewhat dated in a few details, much of what this details regarding public health and safety, such as inoculation versus disease and the need for good sanitation is still of importance today. I saw this in Cartoon Network on a special ToonHeads featuring rarely seen or little-known animation. This won an Oscar for Documentary Short (actually, it tied with another short) and was well deserving of its award. The animation is superb and worth watching. It was also quite disturbing to learn that, apparently, a bare fifty years ago the infant mortality rate in the United States was as high as it was. Five of every 100 births. While we have made progress, we can still make a good deal more. Most recommended.