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00:00 ♪ (dramatic music)

00:26 - Public enemy number one, Anopheles, the malaria mosquito.

00:32 Wanted for willful spreading of disease

00:35 and theft of working hours.

00:37 For bringing sickness and misery to untold millions

00:41 in many parts of the world.

00:43 ♪ (dramatic music)

00:45 This tiny criminal is linked to the destinies of man

00:49 in a cycle of disease transmission

00:51 that could not exist without either man or mosquito.

00:54 Each is solely dependent on the other

00:56 for the existence of the dread malaria.

01:00 Anopheles is readily distinguished

01:02 from other mosquitoes by the fact that she stands on her head

01:05 at an angle of 45 degrees or more.

01:09 This newly hatched female has not yet touched human blood,

01:13 therefore does not contain malaria.

01:16 But if we follow her, we'll soon learn

01:18 how she becomes a malaria carrier.

01:21 Like all thieves and killers,

01:24 she works best under cover of darkness.

01:26 ♪ (dramatic music)

01:28 Locking and barring doors and windows

01:31 will not keep this hungry prowler out.

01:33 She can enter through a small crack.

01:35 ♪ (dramatic music)

01:39 What will she find to steal here?

01:42 Only a little blood, which this man racked

01:45 with the chills and fever of malaria will never miss.

01:48 ♪ (dramatic music)

01:51 Assuming her typical angle of 45 degrees or more,

01:55 she injects saliva to make penetration easier.

01:58 And in a few seconds she begins to feed.

02:02 But this man is sick.

02:04 Along with his blood, she's drinking in the parasites

02:07 which cause malaria.

02:10 Gorged with disease-laden blood,

02:13 she makes her way to some cool, dark place

02:16 where she will rest for several days and digest the blood.

02:20 Although the blood is digested,

02:22 the disease parasites are not harmed in any way.

02:25 On the contrary, they multiply to great numbers.

02:29 Hungry again, she flies out as evening falls

02:33 in search of blood.

02:34 This time she carries with her the malaria parasites

02:38 with which she is infected.

02:40 ♪ (dramatic music)

02:45 Enjoying the peace and plenty of the home

02:47 he's worked so hard to build,

02:49 this man is healthy and happy.

02:51 Little does he suspect he's to be the victim

02:53 of this bloodthirsty vampire.

02:56 ♪ (dramatic music)

02:58 Again, saliva is injected to make penetration easy.

03:01 But this time the saliva contains malaria parasites

03:04 which enter the bloodstream.

03:07 She dines on healthy blood,

03:09 and in payment leaves the chills and fever of malaria.

03:13 ♪ (dramatic music)

03:15 In all probability, this man will not die,

03:18 but neither will he truly be alive,

03:20 for he'll be continually in poor health,

03:23 unable to work and keep up his farm.

03:27 Slowly he will lose all he has worked for.

03:30 His crops will rot in the fields,

03:33 his buildings and fences fall into disrepair.

03:36 His livestock will be neglected,

03:38 and he'll be unable to earn the money

03:40 to feed and clothe his family.

03:43 Multiply this man's tragedy by numberless cases

03:47 all over the world, and we have millions of dollars lost,

03:50 as well as untold misery for the victims.

03:54 And all because of this tiny criminal

03:57 which has assumed the proportions of a monster.

03:59 ♪ (dramatic music)

04:02 Are there six or seven people in the audience

04:04 who will volunteer to help us combat this evil?

04:06 ♪ (whimsical music)

04:08 (bell rings)

04:10 (whistling)

04:10 Good! Well thank you, men.

04:13 But before we can attack the enemy,

04:15 there are certain facts we must know.

04:18 The first and all important fact is this...

04:21 The Anopheles mosquito must have water to lay her eggs in.

04:25 ♪ (soft music)

04:27 These eggs float about and soon hatch

04:30 into larvae or wigglers,

04:33 which lie parallel to the surface

04:34 where they feed and breathe.

04:37 In this larva stage, the mosquito is easy to control.

04:41 After seven to ten days, the larva becomes a pupa,

04:45 or tumbler, and can still be controlled.

04:48 But once she emerges from the pupa as an adult,

04:52 she can slip through our fingers

04:53 and become a menace to human life

04:55 within a mile of her birthplace.

04:58 All right men, now we can begin to fight.

05:00 ♪ (dramatic music)

05:06 ♪ (dramatic music)

05:08 We can start by cutting the weeds

05:10 where the mosquito lays her eggs.

05:13 ♪ (dramatic music)

05:16 (wiggle sound)

05:18 ♪ (dramatic music)

05:21 This makes it easy for the fish to get in

05:23 and eat the wigglers.

05:25 ♪ (dramatic music)

05:27 Spraying oil on the water is a sure way

05:30 of killing mosquito larvae of all kinds.

05:32 The oil enters the breathing tube

05:34 and promptly kills the wiggler.

05:36 ♪ (dramatic music)

05:42 Those are wigglers, Dopey.

05:44 Give 'em the oil treatment.

05:46 (wiggle sound)

05:47 That'll kill 'em.

05:48 ♪ (dramatic music)

05:51 Dusting with Paris green is an effective way

05:54 of killing wigglers, and is economical

05:56 for covering large areas of water.

05:58 A thin film of Paris green is strong enough

06:01 to kill the wigglers without poisoning the fish.

06:04 ♪ (dramatic music)

06:07 Mosquitoes must have water to breed in.

06:11 ♪ (dramatic music)

06:12 These pools will always be a menace to our health,

06:15 unless we drain the water away.

06:18 (mole snorting)

06:20 (laughing) There's one way of doing it.

06:23 Even this hollow stump can harbor mosquito larvae.

06:27 (thump)

06:28 (thump)

06:29 ♪ (dramatic music)

06:30 (mole snorting)

06:32 ♪ (dramatic music)

06:33 Say, that looks like smoke.

06:35 Let's go in and see.

06:37 Atta boy, Dopey!

06:38 Spray all the dark corners and under things.

06:41 You'll find mosquitoes where you least expect them.

06:45 (thump)

06:46 ♪ (dramatic music)

06:47 (thump)

06:48 ♪ (dramatic music)

06:49 (mole squeaking)

06:50 ♪ (dramatic music)

06:51 Yes, we've got to kill everyone in the house.

06:54 (thump)

06:55 (camera shutter)

06:56 ♪ (dramatic music)

06:57 (camera shutter)

06:58 ♪ (dramatic music)

06:59 ♪ (dramatic music)

07:00 ♪ (dramatic music)

07:01 ♪ (dramatic music)

07:02 ♪ (whimsical music)

07:04 (mole squeaking)

07:05 ♪ (dramatic music)

07:08 The permanent way to get rid of breeding places

07:10 is to fill them with dirt.

07:12 ♪ (whimsical music)

07:15 If you want to keep the rain barrel free from wigglers,

07:18 let's put a screen over it.

07:20 ♪ (whimsical music)

07:21 By covering the cracks in the walls with building paper,

07:24 we can keep mosquitoes out.

07:28 ♪ (whimsical music)

07:31 (mole squeaking)

07:34 ♪ (whimsical music)

07:37 ♪ (whimsical music)

07:39 Anything that holds water for a few days

07:42 is a likely breeding place for mosquitoes,

07:44 and we can't afford to take any chances.

07:47 So we're going to bury these cans.

07:52 ♪ (whimsical music)

07:55 ♪ (whimsical music)

08:00 To be safe from malaria, we must put screens

08:03 over all the doors and windows.

08:06 This can save you a lot of misery.

08:10 (mole squeaking)

08:11 Atta boy, Dopey!

08:13 Kill her good and dead!

08:17 (thump)

08:18 ♪ (whimsical music)

08:21 To avoid being bitten by anopheles,

08:24 we must put netting over the beds.

08:26 Then we can sleep in safety.

08:28 Don't let her get away!

08:30 She's a killer!

08:31 ♪ (whimsical music)

08:32 (mole squeaking)

08:33 ♪ (whimsical music)

08:34 Yes, even the small cracks in the floor must be sealed.

08:43 (mole squeaking)

08:46 (snoring)

08:48 And so we leave them to enjoy their well-earned rest,

09:00 free from the annoyance of mosquitoes,

09:02 safe from the dread malaria.

09:05 Contrast their peace and happiness

09:08 with the misery and sorrow of this unfortunate,

09:11 plague-ridden family.

09:13 These people have lost everything,

09:15 simply because they failed to take a few easy precautions.

09:19 Remember, there is only one cause of malaria,

09:23 the mosquito.

09:24 Destroy the mosquito and you will wipe out the disease.

09:28 Then in place of sickness and poverty,

09:30 there will be health, safety and happiness.

09:33 ♪ (dramatic music)

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The Winged Scourge (1943)

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