Dr. Wise on Influenza (1919) | BFI National Archive

Hard-hitting public information film made at the height of the 1918-19 ’Spanish Flu’ pandemic. Dr Wise is here to advise! As Britain fell under the grip of the Great Influenza of 1918-19, the Local Government Board (later the Ministry of Health) commissioned this dramatised public information film. Its hard-hitting message was designed to shock people out of their complacency towards this common illness and take preventative measures, as recommended by Dr Wise. In 1918-19 the deadly ‘Spanish Flu’ ravaged