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This is one of four simple but highly entertaining films (the others being Coughs and Sneezes, 1945; Influenza, 1946, and Handkerchief Drill, d. Michael Orrom, 1949) which Richard Massingham made about the dangers of uncontrolled sneezing. Just as in Coughs and Sneezes, this has Massingham being addressed by an unseen commentator. He has barely been asked what he would do
with a pint of beer before he has finished it. The sound effect is more like a
pool being emptied.
Overall, this puts its message across in a more straightforward way than the earlier film. It is interesting as a filmic extension of wartime posters featuring rhyming slogans.
Kieron Webb
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Complete film (00:59)
