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  1. Germ Masks for the Crowd

    Date released
    10 Feb 1941
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    41/12
    NoS ID
    098577
    Story no
    6 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Ministry of Health issues germ masks to prevent colds and flu from spreading - particularly in the shelters.

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  2. Gruinard Island returned to residents (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    World War II has at last come to an end for a small island off the north-west corner of Scotland. Gruinard was requisitioned by the Ministry of Defence for wartime experiments in germ warfare, and has since...

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  3. Hunting the Common Cold Germ

    Date released
    19 Jan 1950
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1076A
    NoS ID
    016154
    Story no
    4 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: In Search of the Common Cold Germ. DESCRIPTION: The Ministry of Health Research Unit at Harvard Hospital, Salisbury, has been investigating the common cold; and volunteers (human...

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  4. "DOWN WITH THE ‘FLU(E)"

    Date released
    31 Mar 1927
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1672
    NoS ID
    385866
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NoS synopsis: This Berlin chimney catches a Germ(an) steeplejack’s eye and is laid low. The chimney is first shown to be falling and then coming back up again (film runs backwards).

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  5. Hospital Burnt Down

    Date released
    7 May 1967
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    67/37
    NoS ID
    112576
    Story no
    1 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    It was germ warfare when firemen burned down the isolation hospital near Birmingham. They were destroying smallpox germs remaining after last year’s outbreak of the disease.

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  6. Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Producing Penicillin

    Date released
    3 Aug 1944
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    791A
    NoS ID
    013178
    Story no
    2 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Producing Penicillin. DESCRIPTION: Canada has been producing large amounts of penicillin the amazing drug which is a great germ killer. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Various shots of girls at...

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  7. Sidelights on the Desert War

    Date released
    30 Jun 1942
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    42/52
    NoS ID
    099502
    Story no
    2 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Demand exceeds the supply when General Grant tanks go into battle manned by British soldiers. The battle claimed an unusually heavy toll of armoured vehicles of all kinds, and there weren’t enough to...

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  8. A-Tishoo

    Date released
    1 Feb 1960
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1600
    NoS ID
    023439
    Story no
    2 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A-Tishoo!. DESCRIPTION: What a curse, the common cold! But, with the aid of over 6,000 human guinea-pigs, the Ministry of Health’s been carrying on a relentless hunt for the cure....

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  9. Count Down Apollo

    Date released
    14 Jul 1969
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2093
    NoS ID
    027929
    Story no
    1 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Apollo. DESCRIPTION: America’s twelve thousand million pound moon programme approaches its climax. The most comprehensive training and rehearsal programme of any enterprise in the...

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  10. Inside Porton

    Date released
    28 Oct 1968
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2056
    NoS ID
    027604
    Story no
    1 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Inside Porton. DESCRIPTION: Defence Against Germ Warfare!. For the first time, the Microbiological Research Establishment at Porton in Wiltshire, opens its doors to the Public....

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