From a Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine (BEPQ) film on grasshopper plagues, made in 1951 in the United States. Men from BEPQ egg survey teams use shovels and wire baskets to dig up and sift through earth, searching for grasshopper eggs. Close up of hands working on the dirt. Grasshopper insect eggs in hand. Narrator notes that the teams have discovered unusually large egg populations. Scene changes to printing of warning papers containing information on a possible grasshopper outbreak. Close up of man from Grasshopper control on the telephone, warning about the possible outbreak. Close up of paper being printed, hands typing at a typewriter, and words on the papers. Maps containing information on the possible grasshopper infestation are created and printed. A team of men pore over maps, planning for the potential outbreak. Truck drives through green field, team of men perform a spot check to determine the status of the outbreak threat, swiping nets back and forth to catch hoppers. An outbreak is confirmed. Scenes of hoppers flying in swarms above farm crop fields. Officials review and plan for the outbreak at a table. A convoy of trucks carrying equipment drives down a roadway. Mixing stations for production of new insecticides are established. A man moves material with a wheel barrow. Belt conveyor moves materials for the fabrication of insecticides. Bran and sawdust loaded into a truck and stockpiled at an emergency station. Surveyor at work collecting grasshoppers. Chartered aircraft are loaded with pesticide and fly over fields, dusting the crop to save the harvest and prevent the spread of grasshoppers. Insect bait is prepared in a mixing machine for less infested areas. Farmers spread bait and insecticides on their crop. Close up of dying grasshopper. Swarms of grasshoppers in the sky, grasshoppers feeding on crops. Mixing and loading of insecticide into planes. Planes fly over crops, dusting them Trucks and vehicles drive across fields spreading bait and insecticide. Dead grasshoppers in piles on the ground. Close up of farmers reviewing and writing on documents. A single hopper slowly moves on the ground, another dying nearby.
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