Nothing In The Medicine (1949)

Thought to be Selected Originals from late 1940s material. Short trailer film encouraging people to give back their medicine bottles to the NHS. An early recycling initiative. CU National Health Service Prescription. CU woman applying liquid to cloth and rubbing it on man’s back. CU man drinking medicine and smiling. CU young girl taking medicine from spoon and grimacing. CU empty medicine bottle. VS of young boy firing catapult at bottle - one breaks. CU of bottle covered in cobwebs. Sequence illustrating the cost of all the bottle used by the NHS. Shot of money being laid on table. CU of bottle being washed out and handed back. 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 136,00
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