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Mixture of DDT being sprayed by aircraft across an area to control diseases in the United States.

A U.S. Navy training film about the usage and importance of DDT (Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane) as a disinfectant in the United States. Men pour a mixture of DDT into an aircraft. Pilot in the cockpit of the aircraft. Aircraft takes off and in flight as it sprays DDT across an area. A white smoky trail as aircraft flies off. DDT descends and spreads over an area to prevent spread of various diseases. A soldier in a foxhole as he works on a shell. Aircraft in flight over an area as they leave behind a white smoky trail of DDT. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077534
Doctor takes blood samples of natives to detect malaria cases in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

A U.S. Navy training film titled 'Medicine in action : Pacific enemy number 2 Malaria' about controlling and curing malaria among United States soldiers in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Ships underway in the Pacific Ocean with U.S. troops aboard it. Coast of a Pacific island as waves wash the shore. Natives in a village. A man cleans a rifle outside a hut. Anopheles mosquito, malaria vector. A U.S. Army doctor takes a blood sample of a native. Sample being observed under a microscope. Children with swollen stomach as they suffer from malaria. Children in the village. A man with enlarged liver. A U.S. doctor examines soldiers suffering from malaria as they lie in beds.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077563
U.S. soldiers take various precautions to control malaria in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

A U.S. Navy training film about controlling and curing malaria among United States soldiers in the Pacific Theater during World War II. U.S. Navy officers confer about fighting malaria in the Pacific Theater. Officers at a map as they discuss the areas most affected by malaria. Officer points at such areas on the map. Water ponds and dense jungle in Pacific Theater. A malaria casualty being carried on litters. U.S. soldiers advance and walk through the jungle. Soldiers roll down their shirt sleeves. One of them applies repellent on his neck to keep of mosquitoes. A mosquito net and insect spray being used to prevent malaria. A soldier sleeps in bed in an open area without taking any precautions against the malaria causing mosquitoes. Soldiers in a mess line as they take Atabrin pills to save themselves from from malaria. A poster about Atabrin pills. Military vehicles on a beach. A sign on a building reads 'Headquarters of Malaria control' U.S. military personnel conduct census of mosquito population. Men take samples of water to detect the presence of malaria causing anopheles. Seabees detonate dynamite to blast off pools of water to kill mosquitoes. Oil being sprayed on water surface to kill mosquitoes. Scientific combat team works to control malaria. Men work on a dam to flush out mosquito breeding streams.

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077564
U.S. military personnel give away Atabrin pills to natives to control malaria in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

A U.S. Navy training film about controlling and curing malaria among United States soldiers in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A U.S. military personnel pours out insect spray in a cup as native children look on. He sprays the interiors of a native hut with the insecticide to prevent malaria. Natives get lined up as they are being given Atabrin pills. Men, women and children take the pills to prevent malaria. A native village. United States soldiers suffering from malaria lying in hospital beds. A poster reads 'Man made malaria' It informs about the breeding places of mosquitoes.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077565
A U.S. Navy training film about controlling malaria among United States soldiers in the Pacific during World War II

At start, this film shows a U.S. Military tent camp somewhere in the South Pacific during World War II. Heavy rains create breeding grounds for Anopheles mosquitos as seen when a Navy technician holds up a sample of water containing mosquito larvae. A jeep rides through mud, creating road ruts that become mosquito breeding grounds, which are seen swarming around them. Two scenes of bulldozers is being used to destroy soft surface, rutted roads. One employs a disc harrow. Closeup of the discs. Two men step under barbed wire and look at sign reading: "Use Authorized roads only." Scene shifts to American infantry moving cautiously through the jungles and engaging Japanese with hand grenades and small arms. A field clinic where a malaria patient is being treated. A soldier uses a sprayer inside his tent quarters to kill mosquitos. Troops marching back to a field headquarters, benefitting from taking precautions against malaria.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077566
German A-4 missile lifts off during test firings of the V-2 (A4) by German forces in Peenemunde, Germany during World War 2

German A-4 ballistic missile being test fired in Peenemunde, Germany during World War II. A-4 missile also known as V-2 rocket on a launch pad. Missile being launched in the evening. Missile lifts off leaving behind a fiery flare. A-4 Missile in flight as it emits smoke and fiery flare.

Date: 1944, June 27
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077618