Ministry of Health Movie Trailers

Smoking and You Trailer (1963)

01 January 1963

A Centre Office of Information (COI) production about smoking.

Mary's Birthday Trailer (1951)

01 January 1951

The flower fairies help a little girl named Mary to thwart germs.

Dr. Wise on Influenza Trailer (1919)

01 January 1919

A hard-hitting public information film made at the height of the Great Influenza 1918-18.

Dover, Spring 1947 Trailer (1947)

15 July 1947

Dover made over: this quirky and pointed public information film reveals how the heavily-bombed and shelled Kent town was being replanned after the war.

Defeat Tuberculosis Trailer (1943)

23 January 1943

British documentary on Tuberculosis.

Here's Health Trailer (1948)

17 July 1948

A film about the National Health Act that established the NHS, and how it benefitted communities. It starts with a bleak look, when coordinated patient care is non-existent, patients cannot see the right specialist when they need to and a family is split up over Christmas.

The People at No. 19 Trailer (1949)

15 November 1949

Reported cases of sexually transmitted disease took a sharp rise during and after World War II, but as this film testifies, sexual license amongst soldiers on the frontline wasn't the sole cause.

Coughs and Sneezes Trailer (1945)

01 January 1945

This film explains how sneezing in public can spread disease, and shows how using a handkerchief can stop it.

Burns and Scalds Trailer (1947)

01 December 1947

Hard-hitting depiction of the danger to children of burns and scalds.

Playing with Fire Trailer (1947)

03 December 1947

You're asking for trouble when you play with fire - and this public information film is the stuff of nightmares.