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    Date released
    14 Oct 1929
    Series name
    Gaumont Mirror
    Issue no
    141
    NoS ID
    333961
    Story no
    1 / 5

    NoS synopsis: ants and other insects drinking sap from trees

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  2. Morocco Fights Locust Plague

    Date released
    22 Nov 1954
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2476
    NoS ID
    045411
    Story no
    7 / 8

    Insects devastate large area one hundred and twenty miles long.

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  3. India Fights Locust Plague

    Date released
    25 Sep 1952
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2251
    NoS ID
    043951
    Story no
    6 / 7

    Soldiers and civilians fight vast hordes of all destroying insects.

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  4. Butterflies for Madame

    Date released
    6 Aug 1936
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    568
    NoS ID
    034647
    Story no
    2 / 3

    Bred by the thousands. Unique farm invents new method to preserve beautiful insects for feminine wear.

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  5. Congress Aids Fight against Cricket Plague

    Date released
    22 Jul 1937
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    668
    NoS ID
    035320
    Story no
    3 / 5
    Extras
    1 shot list

    Millions of insects destroy crops on disastrous scale. Seagulls, turkeys and poison sprays combine to fight menace.

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  6. African Pilots Make War on Tsetse Fly

    Date released
    10 Feb 1949
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1873
    NoS ID
    041521
    Story no
    3 / 7

    Men of African Airforce fly at tree-top height, spraying DDT to kill deadly insects.

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  7. Cinetops in Brief No 138

    Date released
    25 Nov 1940
    Series name
    Pathetone Weekly
    Issue no
    556
    NoS ID
    124641
    Story no
    3 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Model Planes Model planes are getting more ingenious every day, and their performance more amazing. Protecting Fruit In the orchards of the Middle West, the frost and insects are becoming more troublesome...

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  8. The Australian Scene: Grasshopper Plague

    Date released
    19 Nov 1953
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1276A
    NoS ID
    018902
    Story no
    5 / 8

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Grasshopper Plague. DESCRIPTION: The rich wheat fields of New South Wales have recently been menaced by a most unusual danger, the fine harvest has been attacked by a plague of...

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  9. Cinetops in Brief No 133

    Date released
    21 Oct 1940
    Series name
    Pathetone Weekly
    Issue no
    551
    NoS ID
    124618
    Story no
    3 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

    2,000 Guineas Pup The other day at Johannesburg, this pup was put up for auction in aid of naval charities and was sold for two thousand guineas. Grasshopper Plague Down in Arizona, they’ve caught the...

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  10. Fungal Insecticide

    Date released
    1977
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    206
    NoS ID
    325879
    Story no
    2 / 3

    COI synopsis: Greenfly; their prodigious rate of reproduction - up to ten million tons of insects within three months - make them a threat to agriculture. The insecticides normally used to combat greenfly...

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