Sex hygiene

Sex Hygiene
Robert Lowery and George Reeves in United States War Department Official Training Film No. 8-154
Directed by	Otto Brower (medical footage) John Ford (dramatic sequences)
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck
Written by	W. Ulman
Starring	George Reeves Richard Derr
Cinematography	George Barnes Charles G. Clarke
Edited by	Gene Fowler, Jr.
Distributed by	U.S. Army Signal Corps
Release date	February 1942 (1942-02)
Running time	30 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Sex Hygiene is a short 1942 American drama film directed by John Ford and Otto Brower. It belonged to the instructional social guidance film genre, which offered adolescent and adult behavioural advice, medical information and moral exhortations.

Several servicemen relax by playing pool at their base. One later visits a prostitute and contracts syphilis. As a result of his unfortunate experience, there is an opportunity for sexual health information about syphilis, how it is spread and how its spread can be prevented.

The Academy Film Archive preserved Sex Hygiene in 2007.