| ADVENTURE IN SARDINIA Reel 1 Film detailing attempts to control the mosquito population to stamp out malaria in Sardinia. | ||
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| Catalog #: | 487822 | |
| Clip Number: | 487822-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | DOCUMENTARIES | |
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| Location: | Sardinia | |
| Year Shot: | 1950 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/GENERAL: Pest Control ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATE: Insect, Mosquitoes HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Diseases LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Italy, Sardinia | |
| Description: | MISSING 1/6/2006 ADVENTURE IN SARDINIA Reel 1 Film detailing attempts to control the mosquito population to stamp out malaria in Sardinia. Street scenes in Sardinia. Scenics - lakes, mountains etc. Local men with their cattle and sheep. Children in the streets carrying water. Women washing and weaving. A man carves a small statue. Men working in the field, ploughing with old fashioned equipment. Barren hillsides. Children are examined by a doctor in front of a church. A child in bed with malaria. Funeral. Pools of water, swamps and marshes. C/U of larvae underwater. Mosquito hatches from a pupa. Candles are lit. C/U of mosquito on skin. Cagliari - capital of Sardinia, an organisation set up - ERLAAS - an international force to stamp out malaria. Equipment and supplies (including DDT) unloaded. Posters being pasted on to walls. - crowds reading. Fumigators spray DDT in every building. Numbers stencilled on buildings. | |
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