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1929 FRANCE / HEALTH: "Warspite" boys gargling and other examples of anti-flu prevention ideas
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0:54Now PlayingDate: 1st January 1929
Location: United Kingdom
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Le Grand Gargle! Scenes on the flu fighting front!
FRANCE (?): Location Unknown:
Cadets on the 'Warspite' carrying out a group gargle
INTERTITLE: City workers raid the handkerchief machine!
Women in 1930s hats buying handkerchiefs vending machine / Women using handkerchiefs to sneeze into
INTERTITLE: Taken 'before meals'...Lyons' waitresses on pill parade!
Waitresses being given pills to fight flu
INTERTITLE: And, of course, there's another sort of gargle - distinctly popular!
Men drinking outside shop or pub
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