Read on Twitter
To keep spirits up, I'm starting a thread of contagion-related #archive films. Share your favourites and help archives go, erm, viral? #FilmContagion #archives #cinema
First up: Edison's sneeze (1894) https://www.loc.gov/item/00694192 @librarycongress
Cheese Mites (1903) is pretty revolting, as you can imagine from the title https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-cheese-mites-1903-online @BFI
His Musical Sneeze / Jagten gaar ind (1919) Big on sneezing prevention. Also contains images of cute bunnies https://www.europeanfilmgateway.eu/search-efg/His%20musical%20sneeze @DanishFilm
Achter de wolken schijnt de zon (1922) https://www.eyefilm.nl/en/collection/film-history/film/achter-de-wolken-schijnt-de-zon Interesting educational film with hopeful ending about preventing & treating TB. @EYE_film Reminds me of Sadness & Gladness (1928) https://movingimage-onsite.nls.uk/film/0705
Morning Wash (c1900) https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-morning-wash-c1900-1900-online @BFI When hand washing gets out of hand. Lots going on in this very short film... 
Jumping forward now to a famous one: Coughs and Sneezes (1945) https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-coughs-and-sneezes-1945-online @BFI . As @historycompany said earlier this week, it's still relevant. "Hey! Stop it, you!"
On a similar theme, Clean Food (1957) https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/1102 with dancing bacteria animation by (I'm pretty confident) Halas & Batchelor @natlibscot
Adding a film from the United States that demonstrates the use of influenza masks in 1920 more info at @UofSC Merci, Laure @CinemathequeU et @fiaf1938 pour le tip!
Imagine if a modern government decided to base their public health strategy on the way things were done 100 years ago https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-dr-wise-on-influenza-1919-online
'Cinema's first epidemic' - fabulous article on early film comedy by @magshenny in @LAReviewofBooks https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/cinemas-first-epidemic-from-contagious-twitching-to-convulsive-laughter/ [thanks to @filmstudiesff for link] Sadly, laughter isn't always the cure.
Facial coverings and the blitz spirit - historical perspectives on MOI film ‘A-tish-oo!’ from @jesse_gryn & @therealcaitjan https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/XzUgKBEAACEAzNM1
