Public Information Films
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They’re probably my most favorite kind of films; the little movies made by government agencies to paternalize the public. Especially if those films are from some time ago.
The British National Archive has promised to put a lot of them up, and has already done so with some films dating from 1945 to 1951. The one shown here, called ‘Coughs and Sneezes ‘, is a favorite.
[x]#1509 fan maandag 31 oktober 2005 @ 00:00:02
Gelkinghe op 1 november 2005 @ 00:15:34
This patronizing of hitherto freely sneezing citizens had some noticable effects abroad too.