Coughs and Sneezes

Coughs and Sneezes is a public information film first shown to audiences in 1945. The amusing, somewhat slapstick approach had a very serious message behind it: 'Coughs and sneezes spread diseases'. An important aim of the whole 'coughs and sneezes' campaign was to fight absenteeism, as well as warning people of the dangers of spreading germs.

Current guidance from the National Health Service (NHS) and the Department of Health shows that, while the designs may have changed, the message is still very much the same.

For more public information films, visit http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/films

For the Department of Health's current swine flu campaign, visit http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publichealth/Flu/Swineflu/DH_098802

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Education

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• coughs
• sneezes
• health
• swine flu
• public information film
• national archives

[place910]

very funny

[Nigelcf]

Priceless! :-)