An ice cream vendor sports a gas mask as he tries to sell to a swarm of cars. The cars continue on their way, smoking with exhaust. A driver coughs, then his neighbor, then the animals in the forest, the trees, and finally the Earth itself begins to cough. The film-within-a-film ends, and the viewers rush back outside – into their cars.

This short film is available for purchase or streaming as part of the collection Animation Before Unification: 16 Shorts from East Germany.