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Civilian residents in North Africa being inoculated and various other measures taken to control plague in North Africa (WW2)
A U.S. Navy training film about the prevention and cure of plague in North Africa during World War II. Native residents in Libya being dusted with DDT ( Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane) powdered chemical to prevent spread of plague. People are lined up to get inoculated against the plague causing bacteria. Medical staff administering vaccination shots. Passports being issued to native residents for movement in and out of control area. Papers being checked by soldiers at a railroad station. Magic charms used by locals in attempt to cure plague. Places of amusement such as a Theatre with sign "Rialto" get closed for the residents to prevent the spread of plague. Thatch hut house of a plague victim being pushed to the ground and set on fire to eliminate plague. Commanding officer and a medical officer confer about the ways and means to prevent the spread of plague. Hands of a man disassembling a rat nest and moving baby rats aside. A adult rat moves along a high wire line. A poster about the prevention of plague through DDT.
Doctor examines dead bodies of plague patients to prevent its spread in North Africa.
A U.S. Navy training film about the prevention and cure of plague in North Africa (likely Libya or Algeria). Aerial views of different areas in North Africa. Map of the world shows areas affected by plague. Areas in Africa, South America and Asia with maximum cases of plague. Doctors make efforts to prevent plague as they discuss. Native African woman on a street. Dead bodies of African civilians who died due to plague, lying on ground. Doctors examine dead bodies and dead rats to check for spread of plague.
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).
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.
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.
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.