Children Fight For Life - Diphtheria (1942)

Title reads: “Official Government Film“ (Children Fight for Life) Various shots of injured or dead children caught under rubble due to ’enemy bombs’. Hospital ward where children with Diphtheria attend. Doctor speaking of immunisation. Close-up of child smiling with nurse. Various shots inside laboratory. Close-up of child looking up at sky. Parents shepherding children indoors. ’Diphtheria Germs Lurk Everywhere’ Various shots of children being immunised. ’You must have your child immunised’ ’Your Council Offices Will Tell You How’ Cataloguers note: Opening shots of children buried under rubble is quite disturbing. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaum