Unwanted Guests (1943)

As if times weren't hard enough during the Second World War, the last thing people needed to worry about was an invasion of head lice. From evacuees to land girls, lice were rife: one land girl reported that at an inspection 22 out of 30 of her colleagues were infested.

As well as terrifying people with scalp-itching close-ups, the film also offers invaluable advice to the anxious and the infested on how to avoid and destroy the little blighters. (Robin Baker)

'Unwanted Guests' is part of the BFI Mediatheque touring programme 'Bombs at Teatime' - http://www.independentcinemaoffice.org.uk/mediatheque

You can watch 1000 other complete films and TV programmes from the BFI National Archive free of charge at the new BFI Mediatheque - http://www.bfi.org.uk/mediatheque

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[carolynan]

MY HEAD ITCHES NOW LOL

[SyeraMiktayee]

Heheh. PeTA recently launched a campaign trying to get people to call fish "sea kittens." Maybe they should launch one trying to get people to call headlice "scalp bunnies!" :D

[LokiV]

god this makes me scratch lol

[MatthewDavidParr]

@ravenfires ...

BHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA



[zonkozonko]

@rammergramps Yepp! I had the Idea of having a "Sheep dipping day" for all schools. At midday on the said date all school children would be dipped in Head Lice killing chemicals. The local Headmasters did not help me promote it so................? Sad it would have worked Splendidly

[ravenfires]

I thought this was going to be about muslims.

[rubysson57]

Nittty Norah.

[gmanrpg]

I'm relieved I thought this might be about the Yanks.

[aBritaBroad]

Oh wow look at that nit nurse....LOL Good Lord I remember Gorse Hill Infants and Jrn school..... she was there!!!!... Ouch!!! I'm a itching and a scratching now!!!

[kitkat6026]

what happened to the nitt nurse i remember her coming to the school dipping her comb in dettol then going through ya hair ,im pleased to say i have never had them THANK GOD yuk

[goinghomesomeday1]

Does anyone remember the flea epidemic!

[qwertasdcfghjklmo24z]

@garysgurl2 lol I thought this delt with unwelcome house guests and how d deal with them