Pills - A Necessity In 20th Century Life (1960)

Germany. Documentation on file. Various shots of machinery at work making and wrapping pills. MS. of a man coughing, he opens a packet and swallows a pill. CU. Montage of three shots, of a man holding a hand to his forehead. MS. of three men swallowing pills after which they drink a glass of water. CU. of two pills being dropped into a glass of water. Section of Pathe newsreel material where Jean Buchan (Pathe employee) gives Miss Caley a tablet, after which she looks slim (trick photography). MS. to CU. of sultry girl lying in bed, she leans out of bed and takes a pill from a bedside table. CU. of the front page of a German magazine, a naked baby boy appears from behind the paper, pan down to a C.U. of the baby’s pot which he has vacated, it’s empty. CU. of the baby as he is given a spoonful of medicine. Three of babies. (Mute F.G.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC