1952 Venice Film Festival

Man opening box of sneeze powder

SNEEZING & COUGHING

Caught A Lite Sneeze

ANDREA CANNING CS VO ON ALLERGIES

Animation of airborne pollen grains from eight different plant species. Airborne pollen is a common cause of hay fever, or allergic rhinitis. It is typically caused by wind-pollinated plants, particularly trees and grasses. Pollen contains the male sex cells of a flowering plant, and is dispersed by wind or animals to find a female flower.

Edison kinetoscopic record of a man, Fred Ott, sneezing. The record is commonly known as "The Sneeze." It was filmed at the Black Maria studio of the Edison Manufacturing Company in West Orange, New Jersey. Fred Ott takes a pinch of snuff and then sneezes. Location: West Orange New Jersey USA. Date: January 7, 1894.

Strictly Personal

Unused / unissued material -<br/><br/>Early Hepworth comedy film - That Fatal Sneeze. <br/><br/>Dir: Lewin Fitzhamon.<br/><br/>Boy pours sneezing powder on old man's handkerchief and other articles while the man sleeps. The old man gets up, dresses, blows his nose and starts sneezing. His sneezes wreck the bedroom and in the street (followed by the boy) he wrecks shops and houses with his sneezing which causes an ever increasing number of people to chase him, he eventually vanishes in a puff of smoke after a violent sneeze. <br/><br/>Cataloguer's Note: Great piece of early cinema - lots of gags and special filming effects - MD.

Experimental film fragments made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise kinetograph camera, using 3/4-inch wide film. Features Fred Ott's Sneeze: the first motion picture to be copyrighted in the United States in 1894. In the five-second film one of Thomas Edison's assistants, Fred Ott, takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes.

A goofy silent comedy about a sneeze that moves furniture

Interior MS of rural school, boys and girls rising from desks to back of room to retrieve lunch boxes, washing hands, drinking from water pail. CS of small girl at school desk coughing while reading a book. CS of boy at school desk reading book and wiping his nose on his sleeve. CU of boy sneezing. HACS of boy and girl washing their hands in basin at rear of rural school. FOLLOW SHOT as they both dry hands on same towel. CU of two boys drinking from same cup.

b&w - Bassett Hound - Dog wags his tail, sneezes, and yawns - Pet - droopy ears - animal

SNEEZES & COUGHING (VINTAGE)

Sniffles and Sneezes

00:00:00:15 vs people sniffing and sneezing\ (0:43) /

Image of letter from Thomas A. Edison to the Librarian of Congress, stamped January 9, 1894, requesting a copyright for his film titled 'The Sneeze' , which depicts a man named Fred Ott sneezing in the United States. View of a still image containing 45 individual frames of the film 'The Sneeze' along with explanation of their creation and preservation at the Library of Congress. Thomas A. Edison and associates seated at a table containing photographic equipment. The film 'Fred Ott's Sneeze' (proper title, filmed January, 1894) is shown at the end of the clip. Location: United States USA. Date: January 9, 1894.

Young school children sit around a table. A small boy sneezes while running through a playground. PLEASE NOTE VIDEO & AUDIO OF NEWS ANCHORS & REPORTERS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING.

LINSEY DAVIS CS VO ON WHY THIS MIGHT BE THE MOST MISERABLE SPRING YET FOR ALLERGIES, AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO STOP THE SUFFERING

Dust mites in a mattress. Animation of dust mites (Dermatophagoides sp.) feeding on organic detritus and microbial flora and fauna in a mattress. Dust mite faeces are major inducers of allergic reactions in susceptible people. Dust mites are found in huge numbers in the vast majority of homes.