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Mosquito, The (1947)

Reel Number: 221642-04

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1947

Country: USA

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TC Begins: 17:28:47

TC Ends: 17:38:55

Duration: 00:10:08

The Mosquito Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc. 17:29:06 CU mosquito biting hand. Stagnant water; trash truck dumping garbage. Pile of tin cans & broken glass. Puddle w/ mosquitoes in water. 17:29:44 Large house & man cleaning drains. MCU cleaning out leaves. Tilt down tree trunk to hole w/ rainwater. Mosquito in CU laying eggs. 17:30:39 Hatching of eggs & larvae moving around; at surface breathing thru tube (shot thru microscope showing breathing). Pond. 17:31:59 Boy fishing from rowboat. Larvae eaten by dragonfly nymph. Moulting larvae into pupal stage. Pupa shown breathing from tubes as mosquito grows inside; mosquito leaving pupa skin. Magnified. 17:33:59 Garden w/ flowers, trees, rotten fruit. Male mosquito feeding on vegetable food. Female feeding on blood. 17:34:43 Swamp or wetlands. CU female Anopheles (malarial) mosquito laying eggs. Large larvae along water surface, magnified. Pupa. Female Anopheles biting thru skin in CU. 17:35:49 Animation of mosquito biting & infecting w/ malaria. MCU man in bed shaking from fever; heavy sweat. 17:36:13 Scientists in laboratory working, testing. 17:36:29 Man on motorcycle w/ tank on sidecar spraying catch basin on street. Leaves. 17:36:39 Underwater shot of larvae dying. 17:36:49 Boy w/ hose spraying swamp. man in truck spreading chemical fog to kill mosquitoes. Biplane dusting low over crops. 17:37:21 Two men cleaning out ditch to drain small pond. Pouring fish or minnows in wetland to eat larvae. 17:37:39 Underwater shot of small fish feeding. Man scything grass; putting up window screens. Cu mosquito feeding, laying eggs, larvae, moulting, pupa & life cycle repeats. 17:38:35 Many insects over wet ground. The End. Science; Educational Film; Biology; 1940s; Post-WWII; Post-WW2; NOTE: Any continuous minute sold at per reel rate.

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