HEALTH: Flu epidemic plays havoc with national life: Work and play upset by four day illness (1937)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Lighthearted report on a flu epidemic causing worker absences at the office. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Britain in bed Quick Flu Hits High and Low ENGLAND: INT Music overlay SOT Typist sneezes SOT, Window cleaner sneezes SOT, Telephonist sneezes SOT EXT Medicines displayed in chemist shop PAN customer out of door as sneezes, Close up of hospital sign, London doubledecker bus away along street INT Patients in bed in hospital influenza ward EXT General view of office building INT People working at desks in busy office, Several office desks now empty (caused by abesences due to flu illness), Lone office worker as pumps disinfectant spray into air then takes throat lozenge EXT General view of football pitch (stadium), Office worker cheering, General view of racecourse, Bookie