| USEFUL USE FOR POISON GAS Poison gas is used to rid London's rubbish tips of rats. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5319 |
| Catalog #: | 240531 | |
| Clip Number: | 240531-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1219 | |
| Timecode: | 01:49:53 - 01:51:02 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1925 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/GENERAL: Pest Control LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | Useful use for poison gas. Health and sanitary officials see latest and most efficacious method of exterminating the rat pest. London. M/S as the poison gas is poured into a small tank with a pipe attached. M/S of four men lined up with their tanks on their backs holding the pipes. C/U of one man, he turns round to show his tank strapped to his back. M/S of them on a rubbish tip, they dig in the holes with the pipe and squirt the gas in. M/S of the men holding up handfuls of dead rats, the camera pans across them | |
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