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Disney's film about venereal disease

As mentioned earlier, I collect old school films and hope to write a book about my favorite genre -- educational films about venereal disease. In my research, I stumbled across an amazing VD film from 1973, one made by Disney. The harshest Disney critics probably have at least one favorite Disney film and this is mine.

In the 1970s, it was highly unusual for ANY company to address such a vulgar subject as venereal disease, let alone Disney. Even the marketing department at the Walt Disney Educational Media Company acknowledged this. The front page of their promotional brochure announced: "Yes, it's true. Walt Disney Productions has made a significant contribution to the war against VD.  VD ATTACK PLAN - A fully animated Walt Disney 16mm motion picture."

At around 16 minutes, this film is surprisingly good, informative and intentionally funny. It even mentions condoms as a preventive measure!

Here's the Stay Free! (magazine) review of the film and a more detailed essay that I wrote a few years ago.

DOWNLOAD VD ATTACK PLAN (MPEG-4 file requires Bittorrent)