| TEXAS - MEDICAL PROJECT (LNER) Texas fights against malaria. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6350 |
| Catalog #: | 53716 | |
| Clip Number: | 53716-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 37/88 | |
| Timecode: | 01:43:47 - 01:44:38 | |
| Location: | Texas | |
| Year Shot: | 1937 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Preventive LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Texas | |
| Description: | Texas fights malaria germ. Texas, United States of America (USA). Several shots of the African American workers in Brazos County spraying oil over water and clearing gutters on houses so the mosquitoes, the main cause of malaria, cannot breed. This is part of the fight against malaria organized by Texas health authorities. Nurses leaving a building. A nurse taking blood from a man. She smears blood sample on a piece of glass for further analysis and writes something into a book. Nurses are informing county population and taking blood samples from those for whom they suspect have the illness. | |
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