War on Gnats

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1317
Date Released
30 Aug 1954
Date submitted
25 Aug 1954
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Weather Spoils Harvest
  2. 2Miss Great Britain
  3. 3US Train Wreck
  4. 4Errand of Mercy
  5. 5New Mine Destroyer
  6. 6A Dog’s Life
  7. 7Ride’em Cowboy
  8. 8War on Gnats
  9. 9Mecca Pilgrimage
  10. *Southport Flower Show

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
8 / 9
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fighting Insects After Floods. DESCRIPTION: Pools of stagnant water left by the recent floods in Austria and Bavaria have become a breeding ground for gnats and mosquitoes. Special smog machines have been used to spray the affected area with insecticides. SHOTLIST: Lorry with spraying apparatus spraying trees. Man holding nozzle of pipe and spraying houses. Boys running in and out of the spray. Several shots of spraying woods.
Keywords
Insects
Locations
Gmunden; Austria
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
61701
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
54
Story extras:
Film clip

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