Don't Spread Influenza Trailer 1949

Star Item

Description

Comedian Richard Hearne dressed as a school teacher in cape and mortar board hat introduces short trailer film about Influenza / the Flu.

Hearne demonstrates how is unlikely to catch Flu. He is dressed for each character - the Arctic explorer, the deep sea diver, and the hermit.

Hearne...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45742
Sort Number:
49/016
Time in/Out:
01:58:54:00 / 02:00:02:00
Canister:
49/16
Film ID:
1405.38
Issue Date:
24/02/1949

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt
The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
Philip

Related Videos

Hide
Can You Believe Your Ears?

Can You Believe Your Ears?

A quiz asks us to guess what different sounds are, played over intertitles.

All Altitude Records Broken

All Altitude Records Broken

Captain H.C. Gray achieves a new record when his hot air balloon hit new heights.

(Don't Spread Germs - Trailer)

(Don't Spread Germs - Trailer)

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

Don't Spread Germs - Trailer

Don't Spread Germs - Trailer

MofI film urging people to disinfect their handkerchiefs after use to stop spreading germs.

Herne Hill Cycle Racing

Herne Hill Cycle Racing

The 38th meeting of Cycling Champions at Herne Hill.

Inflation - Stop It Or Else

Inflation - Stop It Or Else

Pathe investigates the problem of inflation.

(Don't Spread Germs - Trailer)

(Don't Spread Germs - Trailer)

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

 

 

On June 4 1913, suffragette Emily Wilding Davison made her way in to the history books when she fell under the hooves of George V’s horse at the Epsom Derby. But was it intentional?
Emily
From well-constructed and contrived quips to completely natural and seemingly spontaneous comments, there's something fascinating about people's last words.
 Last_Words
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
Life before health and safety laws; men worked at huge heights, balancing on girders and cranes all in order to help build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Vertigo
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911