Documentary as Propaganda  - 4

Educating the Working Classes

These health films, or health propaganda, were seen by the authorities as ideally suited to the film medium; firstly because they reached the unhealthiest section of the community, the working class, and secondly because the traditional medical practice of cure was now being replaced by preventative medicine. 
Look at the following clip: 

• Do you class it as propaganda ?  
• What do you think of the film's tone ?

An open-air lecture by Margaret Baker telling the story about the dangers of drink, and propounding the benefits of drinking milk.