Mary's Birthday

Mary's Birthday 1951

4.50

The flower fairies help a little girl named Mary to thwart germs.

1951

Dr. Wise on Influenza

Dr. Wise on Influenza 1919

1

A hard-hitting public information film made at the height of the Great Influenza 1918-18.

1919

Coughs and Sneezes

Coughs and Sneezes 1945

6.00

This film explains how sneezing in public can spread disease, and shows how using a handkerchief can stop it.

1945

The People at No. 19

The People at No. 19 1949

4.50

Reported cases of sexually transmitted disease took a sharp rise during and after World War II, but as this film testifies, sexual license amongst soldiers on the frontline wasn't the sole cause. Back on the home front, for many women, like Joan from No. 19, loneliness or newfound independence acted as an incentive to extramarital promiscuity.

1949

Burns and Scalds

Burns and Scalds 1947

1

Hard-hitting depiction of the danger to children of burns and scalds.

1947

Dover, Spring 1947

Dover, Spring 1947 1947

1

Dover made over: this quirky and pointed public information film reveals how the heavily-bombed and shelled Kent town was being replanned after the war. The filmmakers cleverly and entertainintly capture our attention by opening on travelogue cliches that they quickly undercut. It's not white cliffs and rolling hills they want to tell us about. It's present-day Dover - remaking itself in the crisp freshness of a postwar spring.

1947

Smoking and You

Smoking and You 1963

1

A Centre Office of Information (COI) production about smoking.

1963

Playing with Fire

Playing with Fire 1947

1

You're asking for trouble when you play with fire - and this public information film is the stuff of nightmares.

1947

Here's Health

Here's Health 1948

1

A film about the National Health Act that established the NHS, and how it benefitted communities. It starts with a bleak look, when coordinated patient care is non-existent, patients cannot see the right specialist when they need to and a family is split up over Christmas.

1948