Does anyone remember a movie about infection from elementary school with kids and swords and castles?

Question

It taught about the immune system and what happens when you get sick. It's one of those movies I saw on movie day (like "Free to be you and me" or "All Summer in a Day") in elementary school in the late 70s/early 80s. It might have been old even then, but I remember really enjoying it. Does anyone know the title?

Answer 1

I don't remember it, but I looked in the Worldcat library database for children's movies about the immune system published between 1960 and 1983, and found these possibilities. I found a number of filmstrips, too, but since you remember it as a movie, I only included the films. At the end of the list I included a couple of links to some DVD sets of these old educational films that have been released, in case you're interested.

Germs and your body.
Coronet Instructional Media (Firm)
1974
English Visual Material : Motion picture : Elementary and junior high school : Film 10 min. sd. color. 16 mm.
Shows how germs can cause illness, how the body provides defenses against germs, and how shots and vaccinations supplement natural body defenses. For elementary grades.


The Body fights disease/
Churchill Films.
1980
English Visual Material : Videorecording : Partial animation : Elementary and junior high school : VHS tape 1 videocassette (13 min.) : sd., col. + 1 teacher's guide.
Los Angeles, CA : Churchill Films,
Shows how skin and mucous membrane impede germs and illustrates the action of white cells and macrophages on bacteria and viruses, and the lymphocyte role in producing antibodies. Also discusses immunization and antibiotics.


Getting sick and getting well.
Sandler Institutional Films.
1977
English Visual Material : Motion picture : Primary school : Film 1 reel, 10 min. : sd., col. ; 16 mm. &teacher's guide.
Pasadena, Calif. : Barr Films,
Presents the story of a child who, having forgotten to wash the apple he is eating, embarks upon an adventure within his own body, where he discovers how germs can be harmful. Designed to teach children the value of good health care and to acquaint them with the body's immunity reactions. For primary grades.


Sniffles, sneezes, and contagious diseases
Coronet (Firm)
1983
English Visual Material : Videorecording : Elementary and junior high school : Videocassette 1 videocassette (14 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in.
Chicago, Ill. : Coronet Films,
Explains how germs invade the human body and how the body defends itself.


Body defenses against disease
Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation.
1978 2nd ed.
English Visual Material : Videorecording : Secondary (senior high) school : VHS tape 1 videocassette (ca. 14 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + guide.
Chicago : Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp.,
Shows and describes disease-causing organisms. Explains the body's defense against disease, including mucous and cilia, digestive juices, skin, lymphocytes and phagocytes. Demonstrates the action of antibodies and emphasizes the importance of immunization.


Healthwise--the check-up detectives
Coronet (Firm)
1983
English Visual Material : Videorecording : Elementary and junior high school : VHS tape 1 videocassette (15 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 film guide.
Chicago, Ill. : Coronet Films & Video,
Teaches children about the importance of physical checkups, immunizations, and the body's defenses against disease.


Body defenses against the outside world.
Churchill Films.
1979
English Visual Material : Motion picture : Partial animation : Elementary and junior high school : Film 1 reel, 13 min. : sd., col. ; 16 mm. & teacher's guide.
Los Angeles : Churchill Films,
Describes dangers in the environment and the body's principal defenses against them: the skin, mucous membrane, bone structure, the five senses, and the autonomic nervous system. Includes animated sequences.


Good shot.
Blondheim Productions.
1978
English Visual Material : Motion picture : Partial animation : Primary school : Film 1 reel, 9 min. : sd., col. ; 16 mm. & study guide.
Los Angeles : Blondheim Productions,
Uses lives action and animation to stress the importance of immunization against seven types of preventable childhood diseases, including polio, mumps, and diphtheria. Mel Blanc is the voice of cartoon character Koala Wally. For primary grades.

DVD box sets of educational films:

http://www.amazon.com/Educational-Archives-Limited-Lunchbox-DVD/dp/B0001XAM9U/24680e-20

http://www.amazon.com/Educational-Archives-School-Locker-DVD/dp/B000654ZFA/24680e-20

You can also try http://www.archive.org/details/movies for online viewing of some of these old films, and you can find a few of the very popular ones at http://www.youtube.com . Have fun!

Answer 2

Sorry to interrupt you... when I was a kid around 1970 s I was watching a movie but I do not remember the title. It is a family movie about a boy was born with a lack of immunity system and he must live in a sterile room/chamber. Finally, he tried to escape from its room and try to go home although he does not know where his house is. Finally he reached his parents house but he is dying because of no immune defense system and he died and hug by both his daddy and mom in their arms. I tried to find out this movie but what I got is only "THE BOY IN THE PLASTIC BUBBLE". This is not the movie that I am looking for because the boy lived and died in his age perhaps around 5-7 years old. He is not as big as John Travolta who is playing in "THE BOY IN THE PLASTIC BUBBLE", he is just a little boy when he died. I always think about this movie and hard to forget it. Do you mind to help me; do you know about this movie? If you know could you tell me the title of this movie, please? Thank you so much. - [e-mail] -

Answer 3

Yes, it was a cartoon; and they were shooting at each other. Had to be before 1975 California school (San Diego).

Answer 4

Yes I remember it

Answer 5

nah.