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Madame Chiang Kai-shek is greeted by a U.S. officer and enters a car in North Africa.

Madame Chiang Kai-shek (Soong Mei-ling), wife of Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, in North Africa during state visit. Madame leaves Douglas C-54 Skymaster. She is escorted by a Chinese official and the U.S. Officers. Madame is greeted by a U.S. officer. She enters a U.S. Army car (star on side). Madame Chiang Kai-Shek exits the car and boards the aircraft. Madame Chiang Kai-shek in a car. The car drives on a road in a North African city. Local native people on the road. Madame Chiang Kai-shek with the U.S. officers climbs down the steps of a building. Madame and an officer talk. U.S. soldiers stand in the background. Madame Chiang Kai-shek climbs up a ladder and boards C-54. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, September 8
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069567
Doctor examines plague patients and their houses being fumigated to prevent its spread in North Africa.

A U.S. Navy training film titled 'Plague control' about the prevention and cure of plague in North Africa (likely Libya or Algeria). A vulture seated on roof of a hut. A dead man lying in a village. Group of African woman seated. Rats milling about. Animation shows how fleas are transferred from a dead rat to an alive rat and then to human beings. A doctor examines a woman suffering from plague. A doctor inoculates a patient suffering from plague. A nurse examines a man suffering from bubonic plague. A woman suffering from plague being examined. A doctor wearing a gown and a mask enters a building to examine a patient suffering from pneumonic plague. Men place a dead plague patient into a casket for disposal. Houses being dusted with DDT and fumigated to kill rats. Men wearing masks as they fumigate the houses of plague patients.

Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077551
Plague causing bacteria being examined by U.S. Navy in a laboratory in North Africa.

A U.S. Navy training film about the prevention and cure of plague in North Africa. Animation shows the nature of rat population that leads to spread of plague. It depicts the tactics to be adopted by the plague control team. A man uses kerosene to kill fleas and catches a rat. Rats caught, are brought to plague control laboratory. Captured rats are chloroformed. Fleas being removed from rats. Fleas being counted and identified. They are placed on slides and a technician looks at the fleas through microscope. Rats being mounted on a table and dissected and being searched for pasteurella pestis. Man looks into a microscope at pasteurella pestis. A guinea pig being inoculated with it and observed for next few days for symptoms of plague. A dead pig being dissected and it shows signs of plague.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077553
Poison, traps and gases being used to kill rats to control plague in North Africa

A U.S. Navy training film about the prevention and cure of plague in North Africa (likely Libya or Algeria). Animation shows the boundary of a plague infected area. Jars of poison to kill rats placed as a man pours out poison on his palm. A group of men prepare poison to kill rats. Trap being set to capture rats. Burrow being gassed to kill rats. Men gas a drain along a side walk to kill rats and prevent plague. Animation depicts the L shaped wall to prevent the rats from making burrows. Openings in an old structure being closed to make it rat proof. A cat seated near a pile of food grain sacks.

Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077554
Ships and aircraft being inspected for rats to control plague in North Africa

A U.S. Navy training film about the prevention and cure of plague in North Africa (likely Libya or Algeria). A port on the Mediterranean Sea. A ship and a transport aircraft being inspected for rats. A cargo ship with a landing net along its side. An North African civilian climbs up the gangway of the ship. A sailor patrols near the gangway at night. A raised gangway at night. DDT ( Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane) chemical sprayed on shoes of sailors as they come up the gangway.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077555
Lt. General Jan Smuts attends unveiling and christening of a DH9 (or R.E.8) biplane "South Africa" during World War I.

Visit of Lieutenant General Jan Christiaan Smuts and his entourage at the Hendon airfield on the outskirts of London England, during World War 1, where dignitaries and spectators are gathered to attend the unveiling and christening of a De Havilland DH9 aircraft, named "South Africa." (Note: The plane also resembles a Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8. Position of pilot cockpit does not match a DH9 making identity uncertain). The aircraft was subscribed for by members of the London Chamber of Commerce, and presented as a gift to South Africa through the Imperial Air Fleet Committee. Lifelong South African Lt. General Smuts with other dignitaries viewing the aircraft, including Lord Desborough who was President of the London Chamber of Commerce and the Imperial Air Fleet Committee. Mrs William Schreiner, the Marchioness of Winchester, stands with flowers in her hand and christens the aircraft. General Smuts talks to the dignitaries as they present the aircraft to honor and thank South Africa for its contribution to the war effort. Pilot Captain B.C. Hucks, dressed in heavy flight suit climbs aboard the airplane, which displays the name "South Africa," on its nose. The aircraft takes off and flies overhead. Scene changes to the Christening ceremony, in which Mrs. Schreiner christens the "South Africa." She is seen tapping its propeller with a small mallet. Closeup of the DH9 "South Africa". Others present at the event included Sir David Henderson, Lord Aberconway, Lord Glenconner, Sir Owen Phillip, Sir T. Vezey Strong, Lionel Martin, Faithfull Begg, Stanley Machin, Albert Sytner, Alfred Docker, John Cockburn, Algernon Firth, Sir J. W. Teverner, Harry Wilson, Robert Hadfield, Generals Branckner and Caddell, Maj Van der Spuy, Major Lord Roberts Innes Kerr, Capt Hambro, Capt Wilkinson, Capt Hucks, Captains Turner, Lyons, and Hope; John Cates, C.J. Fairfax Scott, Charles Musgrave.

Date: 1917, May 5
Duration: 2 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675026028