All my babies...a midwife's own story: History and Collection Facts

Catalogue description

A training film for midwives. Shows in detail a complete delivery and demonstrates the approved procedures to be used by the midwife before, during, and after delivery. Follows a midwife, Mrs. Mary Coley, in her work with various cases under both favorable and unfavorable circumstances.

Collection details

• Original format: Film, video
• Medium: 2 video files (digital, MPEG-4) (ca. 55 min.) : si., b&w.; viewing print 3 film reels of 3 on 1 (ca. 55 min., 1,930 ft.,) : sd., b&w, 16 mm.
• Genre: Feature films; Instructional films; Documentary films; Nonfiction films
• Language: English
• Location as catalogued: Albany; Georgia; Georgia--Albany
• Collection: Barnouw (Erik) Collection (Library of Congress)
• Call number: FDA 4767 (viewing print)
• Catalogue date: 1953
• Catalogue subjects: African American midwives--Georgia--Albany; Coley, Mary Francis Hill,--1900-1966; Midwifery--Georgia--Albany; Obstetrics--Georgia--Albany; Childbirth at home--Georgia--Albany; Prenatal care--Georgia--Albany
• Named contributors: Applebaum, Louis, 1918-2000, music; Association of American Medical Colleges. Medical Audio-Visual Institute; Georgia. Department of Public Health; Cummins, Sylvia K., film editor; Mitchell, Hannah D.; Cadwallader, Marian F.; Stoney, George C., film director, film producer, screenwriter; Bond, Peaslee, cinematographer; Columbia University. Press. Center for Mass Communication

Catalogue notes

• Summary from original catalog card in M/B/RS Film & Television card catalog.
• Sources used: Barnouw, E. Documentary, a history of the non-fiction film, p. 258; U.S. National Library of Medicine WWW site, viewed July 3, 2017 (digital collections catalog record for All my babies); Film History, Vol. 1, No. 4 (1987), p. 367-392, Jackson, L. The Production of George Stoney's film "All my babies: a midwife's own story" on JSTOR, retrieved July 3, 2017; Internet movie database WWW site, viewed July 3, 2017; Wikipedia WWW site, viewed July 3, 2017.
• Technical supervisors, Marion F. Cadwallader, R.N., B.S., Hannah D. Mitchell, R.N., M.P.H. ; director of photography, Peaslee Bond ; assistant cameraman, Robert Galbraith ; edited by, Sylvia K. Cummins ; technical supervisors, Marion F. Cadwallader, R.N., B.S., Hannah D. Mitchell, R.N., M.P.H. ; musical director, Louis Applebaum ; sound engineer, Walter Winn ; assistant sound engineer, Jack Brown ; chief electrician, Robert Downey ; music performed by the Musical Art Chorus, Othello C. Wilson, director.
• This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
• Photographed between January and March, 1952 in Albany, Georgia.
• Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.

Sources and reuse

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