Hygiene Heights: Health in 1929

This 1929 silent educational film, General Health Habits, examines personal hygiene amid urban challenges. Grainy aerial shots reveal tall tenement buildings and crowded cities, while a traveling shot glides down a cramped street. Boys play in a dark alley, and an overcrowded playground underscores space woes. Intertitles ask, “What is lacking for health here?” and tout “violet rays of the sun (which even window glass shuts out)” to aid recovery, pushing sunlight and cleanliness as 1920s health essentials for tenement dwellers.