Handkerchief drill.

Date:
1949
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Handkerchief drill. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

One of a series of four advertisements made by Richard Massingham informing people about how to prevent the spread of germs. A man is taught how to use a handkerchief properly. 1 segment.

Publication/Creation

UK, 1949.

Physical description

1 encoded moving image (1 min.) : sound, black and white

Duration

00:00:59

Copyright note

Crown copyright, managed by BFI.

Terms of use

Unrestricted
CC-BY-NC
Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.0 UK: England & Wales

Language note

In English

Creator/production credits

Produced by Richard Massingham

Notes

This video was made from material preserved by the BFI National Archive

Contents

Segment 1 Intertitle: 'Question 1'. A wife's voiceover is heard asking what to do about her selfish husband who coughs and sneezes over everybody else without using a handkerchief. A male narrator tells her to try persuasion and to be kind, and if that does not work, to throw a bucket of cold water over him. This is seen, as well as the husband sneezing violently in various public places. Intertitle 'Question 2'. The wife explains that the husband does not understand how to use a handkerchief - he is seen dusting the piano and polishing his shoes with it. The male narrator suggests sprinkling the husband with pepper and then holding the handkerchief in front of his face. Intertitle 'Question 3'. The wife says that her husband puts his handkerchief in the laundry basket when he has a cold instead of letting her boil it. The narrator says that 'he's obviously dangerous; get him locked up'. The husband is driven away in a police car and many voices shout, 'Hooray!' Time start: 00:00:00:00 Time end: 00:00:59:09 Length: 00:00:59:09

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