Magic Bullets
"Penicillin goes to war"
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About this film
Magic Bullets (1943) is a wartime documentary on penicillin development and battlefield medical use produced for public education.
More about this film
About the production
Release date1943
Themes
medicineWorld War II
Themes & topics
penicillinmilitary medicine
Historical background
Allied films explained miracle drugs to boost morale and justify research funding.
Why this film matters
Records introduction of antibiotics to public imagination.
What critics said
Medical historians use it as popular science document.
Did you know?
- 1943 educational production.
Where to watch
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magic%20Bullets%20(1943).webm