Coughs and Sneezes (1945) watch online HD

This two-minute public service announcement was made by the British Ministry of Health to encourage people to use their handkerchiefs when the are about to sneeze. It shows an elderly man who has his handkerchief snatched from his breast pocket and then has powder poured over him to start the process.

There is an almost inevitable humorous effect in the movie, between the tormenting of the subject and the exhortatory voice over commanding him to sneeze. Nor is this a new subject. One of the better remembered items in the first Edison show was EDISON KINETOSCOPIC RECORD OF A SNEEZE. Half a century later, this short was amusingly composed and almost a century later still, it is still a lot of fun.