Buried in the bowels of the Pentagon Channel – or, perhaps, other delicate areas – is this long-forgotten sexual-health warning to sailors. In the form of a cartoon. Starring a vampire. Yes, the Navy ...

Sometimes a cartoon vampire named Count Spirochete* is the only way to get sailors to use protection. In 1973, the Navy made a 20-minute animated movie warning sailors — in graphic detail — about the ...

"In 1973, the Navy made a 20-minute animated movie warning sailors—in graphic detail—about the dangers of venereal disease," says TPM. "The plot: The annual Communicable Disease of the Year Awards ...

The Return of Count Spirochete was a 1970s educational film that warned kids about the dangers of doing it. This surreal cartoon depicted syphilis as a vampire and gonorrhea as an evil ...