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On the Firing Line

This 1936 documentary was made in cooperation with the National Tuberculosis Association to travel throughout the United States and portray efforts to combat tuberculosis and show gains that had been made against the disease since the early 1900s.

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  • Vaughan Glaser

    Vaughan Glaser

    Narrator

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This 1936 documentary was made in cooperation with the National Tuberculosis Association to travel throughout the United States and portray efforts to combat tuberculosis and show gains that had been made against the disease since the early 1900s.

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