Joseph Best

A hard-hitting public information film made at the height of the Great Influenza 1918-18.

...made to educate and warn Canadian troops about the dangers of catching venereal disease. As the biblical title suggests, it is essentially a straight sermon, a form that its target audience would have found familiar both from church at home and during their military service. The protagonist is warned, is tempted to ignore the advice, is rescued in the nick of time by a well-wisher and is finally shown the devastating consequences in another that he has so narrowly avoided. (BFI Screenonline)

Featuring Paul Robeson, this is the first documentary film to take a serious look at social conditions and race relations in South Africa.