Dramatization: Calcium arsenates spray to combat Boll Weevils in United States. Proctor, a farmer visits a person to discuss about the spraying of the chemical arsenate in the farms. Man sprays poison sitting on a mule's back. He wears dust mask on his face and muzzles the mule. Man muzzles other animals used in cultivating. Men wash their faces in trough with running water after spraying the poison. They then go swimming in a lake to clean off.
Dramatization: Calcium arsenates spray to combat Boll Weevils in United States. A government expert addresses the people at the Deer Park. He says that the poisoning should be done on the correct time to prevent weevils from flying to distant fields. Man poisons the field. Trees in the background. He says that the dust should be sprayed enough to cover the field thoroughly. It will not cost too much. Man sprays the poison.
'Winged Warfare on the Boll Weevil', presents solution to the problem of Boll Weevils in United States. Isom visits Jim. Interior of a house. Jim serves food on the table and calls Isom to eat the food. He looks at the watch on wall to see the time. Isom looks at a painting framed on the wall. Jim and Isom sit on the chairs to eat the food. An airplane takes off outside the house. The crop duster in flight. It sprays poison over a field. Isom looks outside the window and watches the plane. He asks Jim about what was happening outside. Jim calls it a flying machine.
Airplane dusts poison in the field to eliminate the Boll Weevils and other insect pests from the cotton crop, United States. A dog outside a house. Isom and Jim step out of the house and sit on the stairs. They discuss about the method of dusting poison through airplane. A jeep moves amidst a field. The jeep stops and man comes out to watch an airplane flying over the field. Another man comes out of the jeep and asks the man about the airplane. The man replies that the airplane is dusting poison over his field.
Men sign a contract for crop dusting airplanes in United States. Men seated in chairs outside a house. Trees in the background. They sign the contract and discuss. A dog sits near them. Crop dusting airplanes parked on ground. Two airplanes needed for spreading crop dusting poison or insecticde. Pilots of the airplanes. Men stand near the aircraft. A mechanic and an entomologist also needed. Men inspect the field and repair the plane.
Colonel William Wilson Quinn introduces an episode of "The Big Picture" that tells about the history of the 1st Infantry Division of the United States, called the "Big Red One." We see the boots and the shoes that 1st Infantry soldiers wore beginning with the Revolutionary War, through the Civil War, the First World War and the Second World War. Recruits are shown in training during World War 2 before deploying overseas in Operation Torch and the invasion of North Africa. Commanding General of the 1st Infantry Division, General Terry Allen, is seen during the Division's deployment to North Africa in World War II. Soldiers relaxing aboard troop ship. Naval barrage at night followed by amphibious assault on coast of Algeria. Animation shows the target areas of the division as they capture Oran. German counter attack is seen with bombers, tanks (including brief view of a German Tiger I tank), and artillery. American soldier standing with rifles shooting at low-flying German aircraft that are bombing their position. Scenes of German and American gun crews firing. Nazi German General Rommel seen in his staff car. Animation shows route of the Division with others towards the North. Heavy nighttime gunfire is seen. American soldiers meet and greet British troops of General Montgomery's 8th Army.
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