Who would have thought that catching an STD could lead to a career in welding?

My Great Grand Mother had contracted Syphilis from my great grandfather. She was treated as subhuman as he was patted on the back. Shocking...

Imagine seeing this video and recognising your grandmother.

'this girl even got a letter from her husband' who ASSUREDLY didn't give it to her...riiiight she gave it to him

A lot of negative and uninformed comments here. This center was a wonderful thing for its time, a real improvement over how it was before. You can't comdemn the past by today's standards. My dad was a WW II vet. He told me he had to watch VD films that were pretty bad. In 1944 he was overseas while my mom was pregnant with me; I'm pretty sure he didn't mess around.

I spotted the bad girl. The one chewing gum.

Thanks to VD Mary Lou received a education and employment!!! YAY FOR VD!!!

I appreciate the videos being up here for us to watch. Things have changed so much throughout history. It was much different back then, especially when girls got pregnant or got an std. So many nasty comments. People need to look back at the dust bowl, the Great Depression and world wars.

Please remember that penicillin was not in widespread use yet in the civilian sector and treatment of V D could be problematic when only using sulfa drugs.

This treatment center needs to be a franchise like McDonalds.

Was I the only one who watched this and thought that the male supervisors at the jobs these women were sent to probably labeled them as "easy" because they'd just come from the Rapid Treatment Center?

I loved watching those two girls dance-- you could tell they were really enjoying themselves. Best part of the video!

Penicillin would do the trick but it wasn't available until the following year.

Who knew Rosie the Riveter learned her trade at a VD boot camp?!?! 💪🏼🤭😂

So you get syphilis AND a job?!

This is an absolutely amazing film. They weren't in the service but it looked like it in the beginning. These girls had somehow gotten an Std. How many had been raped, or molested by family members? Did anyone ask? Its 1944 and some of these women had no vaccinations and didn't know how to read or write. Maybe this program was a blessing in disguise if it got them out of their homes, and got them a job in a new city.

Looks like they had a pretty good time together ❤

Sulfathiazole, this was before penicillin. Now, gonococci and spirochetes are increasingly more resistant to antibiotics.

Best films from the archives, should be used in schools, 👌

Yes I remember the old wire brush treatment.