Michael Interviewed...

Ken Smith
Author
January 22, 2000

Should you shake hands or lunge at the girl after your first date? Which day of the month is it safe to square dance? What would it look like if you died in a horrific car accident on the asphalt of blood? The answers await in the hygiene and drivers' safety films of the 1950s through 1970s! Ken Smith has chronicled these masterpieces of social order in his new book Mental Hygiene: Classroom Films 1945-1970 from Blast Books.

A videotape of eight full-length mental hygiene films is available directly from Blast Books. Each VHS tape costs $19.95 plus $3.50 shipping and handling and can be purchased from: Blast Books, PO Box 51, Cooper Station, New York, NY 10276-0051.

Ken Smith's book, Mental Hygiene: Classroom Films 1945-1970is available from Amazon.com.

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