1942 The war against malaria

Date: 1st January 1942

Location: AFRICA

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

LV Pan many tents on field, men marching along road. SCU Charts and notices on board and men looking at them. CU Chart 'MALARIA CHART. RELAPSE CASES OMITTED' LV Men unfolding sheet. CU Looking at sheet. CU Type. SV 2 men putting on nets over heads. SCU Helping man on with net and rubber gloves. SV 2 men walking towards with nets and rubber gloves on. SCU Sentry with net and rubber gloves and rifle. SV Man walking towards past bushes. CU Catches insect on neck. SV Throwing insect down and walking on. SCU Man on bed with others around him taking his temperature. SCU Man looking through microscope. CU Man looking through microscope with 'I.M.D' on shoulder. CU Germs under microscope. LV Native round tent, in and out. SV Natives out of tent with syringes. SV Natives standing round barrel. CU Barrel with 'SHELL MALARIOL' on it pan up to filling can with liquid. SV Natives with Red Cross armlets on having syringes filled. SCU Putting urns ? into lorry. SV Lorry past with natives on it. SV Putting apparatus on native's back, other in lorry. CU Fixing apparatus on back. GV Natives spraying water. SCU Native spraying water. LV Native spraying water. SCU Native spraying water. CU Liquid out of spray. SV Natives raking water. CU Raking water. CU Natives spraying. CU's praying and raking water. CU Spraying. SV Native taking sample of water. DU Dropping something into water. SV Handing over sample to man with microscope. CU Taking sample of water and putting it on slide. CU Looking through microscope. CU Germs moving about under microscope. SV 2 men, one with glasses and other with rifle, take up positions. SCU Man fires gun. CU Model of beetle falls to ground. SV 2 men walk up to it and pick it up.

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