Diphtheria Trailer 1942

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Titles read: "OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT FILM - HAVE YOU HAD YOUR CHILD IMMUNISED AGAINST DIPHTHERIA?"

In a children's hospital ward we see a worried mother sitting at the bedside of her young son. He has diphtheria and is not expected to live.

Dreamlike flashback shows the mother and her...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44066
Sort Number:
42/066
Time in/Out:
01:46:11:00 / 01:47:42:00
Canister:
42/66
Film ID:
1334.26
Issue Date:
17/08/1942

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