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Holmes (Burton) Films, Inc.Pharmacist, The (1946)

Career opportunities.


This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives

Producer: Holmes (Burton) Films, Inc.
Sponsor: Vocational Guidance Films, Inc.
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W
Keywords: Occupations: Pharmacy

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: scenicfarmacist - - February 5, 2009
Subject: Pretty informative
This film is a good illustration of how some things in the profession have stayed the same, like how a compounding pharmacy works. However, compounding Rxs is only a small part of today's practice. Today's pharmacists also have the same responsibility to provide the correct medication to their patients, although at a MUCH larger scale. The video mentions that around 300 million prescriptions were filled each year (1945). Pretty big number, but not even close to today's annual fill of 3.4 BILLION (2007). Holy cow. That info should prompt all sorts of questions...

Reviewer: Spuzz - - February 19, 2004
Subject: These plain wrappers make the drugs much easier to swallow!
While watching this filn, I got the distinction that being a pharmacist in "the older days" seemed to be a lot harder then it is now. I mean, back then, they were mixing up chemicals in the back. Something I don't think the Pharmacy people do anymore.. Mind you, I've never BEEN back there.. and the counters are so high.. hmm.. anyways, another thing that I noticed, while the narrator DOES say that the pharmacist may have other tasks (especially in smaller stores) such as selling other merchandise, they forgot one thing, soda jerking! Gosh darn it. While the druggists do sell other stuff, I didn't see any pornography. Sorry George.

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PORTRAYS THE VARIOUS TYPES OF WORK IN PHARMACY, THE TRAINING NECESSARY & WHERE IT MAY BE OBTAINED.

Zero = first title

00:00 Bacteria under microscope
00:20 Sick child
00:35 Quarantine signs being posted for various diseases
00:48 Pharmacist in laboratory; beakers, test tubes, Bunsen burners, etc.
01:22 Exterior shot of corner drugstore
01:35 Interior shot of corner drugstore
01:52 CU prescription
01:57 Pharmacist fills prescriptions
02:29 Hands typing
02:40 Small pieces of paper being stamped
02:54 Pharmacist's diploma
03:15 Shelves of drugs
04:08 Small pharmacies
04:38 Hospital pharmacies, scientists, chemists
05:38 Hand with pen fills out application for employment (job application)
06:12 Hands picking herbs
07:28 Women pharmacists
07:48 Men shake hands over desk
08:16 Newspaper headline: "Drug Saves Doomed Child"



PHARMACY DRUGS PHARMACISTS LABOR WORKERS VOCATIONAL TRAINING DRUGSTORES RETAIL MEDICINE SCIENCE