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House Fly, The (Second Edition) Part 2 of 2

Reel Number: 221227-07

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1958

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 13:23:07

TC Ends: 13:31:36

Duration: 00:08:29

The House Fly (Second Edition) Part 2 of 2 Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Man puts waste into uncovered trash can in litter-strewn alley; revolting CU of rotting trash covered in flies. Manure heap w/ ECU fly laying eggs. CU showing that 150 fly eggs can rest on a pencil point. Eggs hatching in decaying food matter - very disgusting. Various stages of maggot growth shown in detail. Slow-motion shot of maggot crawling along. Maggots pupating among trash - time-lapse photography; flies break out of pupae cases & push way to surface. Fully-grown flies swarming. Spider catching fly - VO says natural methods not enough. 13:28:10 Housewife in kitchen cooking - swatting flies, the “notorious public health enemy”. Insecticide aerosol spray used in living room. Entomologist using nuclear equipment to test fly food preferences. Housewife putting out trash makes sure lid securely on, but “may still be plagued by the flies which are bred in the filth of a distant neighbourhood”. 13:29:12 Swarm of flies around calves as they eat at trough. Farmer sprinkles poison bait around dairy barn. Pile of rubbish at roadside. Garbage disposal truck empties load into dump site - bulldozed into landfill. Truck pulls up outside garbage incinerator. Sewage treatment plant. Sailing boats by shore; fishing in river. Good shot fly being swatted w/ ‘The End’ superimposed. Hygiene; Public Health; Sanitation; Pest Contro; 1950s Paranoia;

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