Note: although it is 70 years old, this video contains some graphic content of the effects of venereal disease, that some persons may find disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised.

Made during WWII by the U.S. Government, SEXUAL HYGIENE is a disturbing film intended to explain to service personnel how devastating it can be if they contract a venereal disease while in the service of their great nation. As the narrator and title cards explain, for many years in the 1930s and before, the facts of life were not explained to most boys and men. This has left a “vast trail of human wreckage” of blind, and even insane men, who have been devastated by V.D. and especially syphilis. The film encourages abstinence or, if that’s not possible, the use of rubbers (preferably obtained from an Army post exchange).