Juvenile Diabetes Foundation PSA - 1970's?

Format: 16mm

Archive ID: 0979

Notes: ffn052 02 juvenile diabetes yt

Tags: #16mm #archival

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The still from the 'Juvenile Diabetes Foundation PSA' is dominated by a deep purple background with a few small white specks scattered across it. The overall appearance is abstract and minimalistic, potentially reflecting a theme related to awareness or a medical condition. The text at the bottom identifies the source.

00:00:00.000 — The still from the 'Juvenile Diabetes Foundation PSA' is dominated by a deep purple background with a few small white specks scattered across it. The overall appearance is abstract and minimalistic, potentially reflecting a theme related to awareness or a medical condition. The text at the bottom identifies the source.

The still features a woman with classic 1970s hairstyle and makeup, looking directly at the camera with a serious expression. The background appears to be softly blurred, suggesting a domestic setting. The tone conveys a sense of urgency and importance, characteristic of public service announcements from that era focused on health awareness, specifically juvenile diabetes.

00:00:23.457 — The still features a woman with classic 1970s hairstyle and makeup, looking directly at the camera with a serious expression. The background appears to be softly blurred, suggesting a domestic setting. The tone conveys a sense of urgency and importance, characteristic of public service announcements from that era focused on health awareness, specifically juvenile diabetes.

Film Transcript / Subtitles

Until it strikes someone close to you, it's difficult to understand just how serious and destructive diabetes can be. I found out when my son David became diabetic. From that time on, I watched a wonderful, exuberant teenager struggle each day with the limitations, the uncertainties, and the fears of this life-threatening disease. And I hurt for him, and for what I knew he would probably face in the years ahead, because right now we can only control diabetes. We can't stop the debilitating complications, complications that increase the risk of blindness, of heart attack, of stroke, and kidney disease. Only a cure can do that. Won't you help support the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation? Box 9999, New York, New York, 100-01. I'm Dena Merrill, and I thank you.