WWII - DDT Spraying, Okinawa (15Jun45)

DDT Spraying, Okinawa (15Jun45) GIs clearing undergrowth around tent city. GIs queue for chow / food; doctor dispenses anti-malarial tablets. CU GI clearing undergrowth in swampy area. Digging drainage channel which is sprayed w/ DDT. Soldier in bulldozer cab. Black GIs unload cannisters of DDT? GIs on poles fix telephone wires. 11:32:44 Single engine fighter planes on runway warming up w/ propellers turning; taxi & take of past cameraf. Mechanic crews working on plane engines. GOOD 06:33:55 Aerials views from inside plane doorway showing plume of DDT sprayed over countryside below. INT cockpit, view thru windshield of larger plane (C-47?. 11:36:25 Large tanks of DDT on raised platform, DDT pumped thru hosepipes, men stirring; C-47 (?) transport planes loaded w/ DDT. GI standing on top of tank mixes chemicals, CU. More aerial views; good clear air to air shot showing plane flying low over Okinawa spraying DDT; shadow silhouette of plane flying over countryside; AVs runway & US base encampment. WWII; WW2; Pacific War. Insecticide / Pesticide. Disease Control. Malaria. Chemicals; 1945;