# Man Against Microbe

Short produced as part of Metropolitan Life’s health education program. Man Against Microbe recaps 300 years of progress in public health and shows the contributions of major research scientists. The optimistic close depicts a baby receiving an immunization against diphtheria, which at the time was still a national health problem. Note: Man Against Microbe was distributed in sound and silent versions and also made available in 16mm. In 1934, it played in New York City theaters as part of a diphtheria immunization campaign.

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1932
- By: Audio Cinema Inc.
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/man-against-microbe-1932)
- Licence or status: [Public Domain Mark 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

Not offered: its uploader marks it public domain, and the US Copyright Office's records do not settle that it is (a record that may be another film's, a film first published abroad, a year when renewal was automatic, or a country they do not name). Unclear is not offered.