AIDS monolith.

Date:
1987
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AIDS monolith. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

A television advertisement warning people of AIDS and encouraging them to read the government-produced leaflet, 'AIDS Don't Die of Ignorance'. 1 segment.

Publication/Creation

UK, 1987.

Physical description

1 encoded moving image (49 sec.) : sound, color.

Series

Duration

00:00:49

Copyright note

Crown copyright, managed by BFI.

Terms of use

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CC-BY-NC-ND
Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivs 2.0 UK: England & Wales

Language note

In English

Creator/production credits

Narrated by John Hurt (permission courtesy of Ad Voice, a division of Independent Talent Group), AIDS Monolith music written by Hans Zimmer & published by Air Edel Associates Ltd.

Notes

This video was made from material preserved by the BFI National Archive

Contents

Segment 1 Violent flames are seen against a black background; a man is chiselling something. John Hurt's voice is heard saying that AIDS is a deadly virus that can be passed on to a man or woman from anyone who is infected. The man is revealed to be chiselling 'AIDS' into the surface of a black monolith. The monolith falls to the ground, and the government-produced leaflet, 'AIDS Don't Die of Ignorance' drops onto it, followed by a bunch of white flowers. Time start: 00:00:00:00 Time end: 00:00:49:02 Length: 00:00:49:02

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