Don't Spread Germs - Trailer 1949

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Short trailer film telling people to use disinfectant to avoid the spread of germs.

A man sits smoking a pipe.

The voiceover tells him that he is going to be shown three things and he has to explain what to do with them.

First - a pint of beer appears on the table. Without...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45794
Sort Number:
49/020
Time in/Out:
01:32:02:00 / 01:33:02:00
Canister:
49/20
Film ID:
1407.23
Issue Date:
10/03/1949

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  • "A man sits smoking a pipe." - the man is actor Richard Massingham, star of many of the Ministry of Information's educational films......

    http://www.screenonline.org.uk/peopl
    e/id/521707/index.html

    jamied 22nd Sep 2012
  • This clip is repeated in clips 1444.06 and 1524.13.

    jamied 22nd Sep 2012

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