# On the Firing Line

"All over this broad land of ours, a bitter war is being fought against tuberculosis. Able warriors, armed with modern weapons around the firing line. How goes the battle?" Showing the efforts being made by The National Tuberculosis Association, including their offices, sanitoriums, hospitals and on-the-road trailer clinics. An animation sequence with the years 1910, 1920, & 1935 uses urns to represent the number of deaths from tuberculosis. There are illustrations of crowds of people, labeled "white", and a pointer stick outlines the argument. Another animation sequence contrasts the death rate among Negroes and whites. A third animation sequence outlines the deaths from T.B. among industrial workers -- most deaths occurring from unskilled laborers. It emphasizes that tuberculosis is a national problem because, "no home is safe until every home is safe". "There's another sore spot on the optimistic picture. Certain racial groups such as Negroes, Mexicans, and Indians suffer heavy losses from tuberculosis. The death rate among Negroes is three times as high as among Whites. Not only in the Southland, but also in the northern industrial centers. Poverty, bad housing and the depressed scale of living seem to be largely responsible." details the progress in the fight against Tuberculosis by way of a railroad trip. The journey begins in Washington, DC when the National Tuberculosis Association was founded, and continues through New York City where the NTA has its headquarters),…

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1936
- By: Courier Productions, Inc.
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/0096_On_the_Firing_Line_08_00_41_00)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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