So Much for So Little

A cheerful, animated public health advocacy film that traces one child's life from birth to old age, celebrating the modest but vital role of preventive medicine.

Little Johnny Jones, to be born in the next year, is shown growing to a ripe, healthy old age, thanks to the efforts of his local public health officers. But without them, he might be one of the 5% or so that dies in the first year. The price for the public health service: about 3 cents a week. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.