DDT

DDT Medicine In Action, No. 5 04:18:51 CU Many small larvae moving around; moving around on water surface; insects hatching. Inside box or room w/ many insects on screens; flies crawling around. 04:19:34 Sign: Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloro... Two story barracks; sign on building: U.S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology & Plant Quarantine- Division of Insects Affecting Man & Animals. 04:19:48 Woman checking bottles & cans in laboratory storage area. Civilian man & woman at lab counter looking at bottle label. MCU of can w/ Geigy Company Inc label dated 16Nov42. Woman pouring golden liquid from flask (DDT concentrate) into measuring container then stirring into water that turns white. Emulsion on surface after standing, then restirred. Comparing to fuel oil for effectiveness. 1/2 pint of DDT concentrate is equivalent of 15 gallons of diesel oil. 04:21:59 Various dying or dead insects. Larvae settling to bottom & twitching about. Samples of corn starch, DDT & sugar showing similar appearance w/ warning not to store in galleys or around food storage. Man pouring solution into funnel & splashing it. Man w/ backpack spraying; man mixing solution at large barrels. Sifting when making mix; breaking up remaining chunks w/ hands. Man wearing cloth to prevent breathing; oil & powder mixed & added to bulk in drum & rolling drum to mix. 04:25:04 Dry mix demonstrated using small drum mixing w/ hand crank. Jeep w/ power sprayer past abandoned village thatched huts. Men starting gas engine & spraying inside of hut w/ paint sprayer. Crew spraying mattresses in barracks w/ kerosene solution; then springs & bunk frames. Sailor w/ flit gun pumping spray around sink pipes. 04:28:25 Two GIs painting screens w/ DDT solution by paint brush. Another w/ flit type spray gun doing screens. Spraying oil solution around garbage cans & surfaces. Man spraying jungle around slit trench toilet. Garbage pits & other jungle area sprayed. 04:29:32 Man spraying inside plane w/ hand sprayer. Another spraying w/ fog application in jungle. Aerosol bombs used in various situations. DDT sprayed into mens hair & beard; dusting burlap bags. Rotary duster around garbage cans. 04:31:17 Man spraying fog or dust over water drifting across larvae in breeding places. Drip can method used on still water. Man in waders putting drops on ponds; larvae falling to bottom. Men filling tanks on light airplane for spraying or dusting. Biplane spreading over field. Soldier in field w/ applicator. Aerial shot of four planes spreading DDT. The End. Insecticide; Pesticide; WWII Inventions; Lecture Film; Women Working; 1940s; Wartime; WW2;