Trailer - Diptheria Aka . Government Official On Sleeve As Diptheria (1944)
Title reads: “M of I - Government Official“.
Diphtheria trailer by Ministry of Information.
Various shots of kids playing blind man’s bluff in meadow. M/S little boy walking along pavement playing with ball. C/U little boy ill in bed. M/S of nurses giving little girl an injection - a vaccine against Diphtheria. M/S of kids playing ’peep behind the curtain’. C/U of little boy in bed. More shots of children playing.
End title reads: “Protect your child, apply to Council Offices, School or Health Centre“.
Note: sound track is currently missing.
Note: timecode error on tape *PM1364*, t/cs taken from paperwork - may need to be amended at later date. AH 2001.
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