| 01:04:58 4 |
CU FLY LANDS IN CENTER OF PRETTY FLOWER. INDULGES IN THE NECTAR. VOICE OVER
"SWAT THE FLY', "THAT IS A VERY SENSIBLE SLOGAN FOR EVERY BOY AND GIRL. FLIES ARE THE GREATEST CARRIERS OF DISEASE AND CONTAGION IN THE NATION....." "THEY HAVE CAUSED THE DEATHS OF MORE PEOPLE THAN ALL THE WARS IN HISTORY". |
| 01:05:33 39 |
ECU HUMAN FINGERS HOLDING COMMON HOUSE FLY BY ITS LEGS. VARIOUS CU SHOTS
FLIES FEEDING ON TABLE SCRAPS. FLIES FEEDING OFF DEAD FISH CARCASS; CU OFF DEAD FISH'S EYE. FLIES SWARM ON OTHER FOOD AND GARBAGE. CU FLY EGGS BEING LAYED ON SOURCE OF FOOD SUPPLY. |
| 01:06:29 95 |
CU LARGE GROUP RICE-LIKE FLY EGGS. "ONE FLY CAN LAY THOUSANDS OF EGGS. LARGE
PERCENTAGE WILL HATCH WITHIN 24 HOURS OR LESS DEPENDING ON TEMPERATURE". |
| 01:06:39 105 |
CU FLY LARVAE. "LARVAE HATCH AS LEGLESS MAGOTS". CU ACTIVE MAGOT EATING
CONTINUOUSLY". MAGNIFIED VIEW GROUP OF WRIGGLING, ACTIVE, MAGOTS. |
| 01:07:34 160 |
CU MAGOTS BURRING INTO EARTH IN PREPARATION FOR THE PUPA STAGE. CU BUNCH
PUPAE WITH BROWN SHELL, IN MANS HAND. CU VIEW ANIMATED DRAWING SHOWS HOW FLY DEVELOPS IN PUPA SHELL WHICH TAKES 6 TO 10 DAYS. CU FLY PUSHING ITSELF OUT OF SHELL. |
| 01:08:30 216 |
CU MAGNIFIED VIEW HEAD OF LIVING FLY UNDER MICROSCOPE. CU VARIOUS MAGNIFIED
VIEWS OF FLIES TONGUE. CU HAIR-LIKE FEELERS ON TONGUE. |
| 01:09:01 247 |
CU MAGNIFIED VIEW FACE OF FLY AND ITS COMPOUND EYES. CU PAN OF THOUSANDS OF
LENSES IN EYE. FLIES VIEW OF WOMAN READING NEWSPAPER. "SINGLE OBJECTS APPEAR AS MANY OBJECTS. CU GOOD SHOT FLY MAGNIFIED. MS FLY STRUGGLING AS IT FLOATS IN BOWL OF SOUP. |
| 01:09:34 280 |
CU FLY LAYING ON ITS BACK SHOWS SURPRISING FEAT OF STRENGTH, AS IT USES ITS SIX
LEGS TO MANIPULATES OBJECTS OF FOOD MUCH LARGER THAN ITSELF. |
| 01:09:43 289 |
CU "A ONE FLY POWERED ENGINE".EXTRAORDINARY SHOT FLY LYING ON ITS BACK
POWERING MINIATURE PUMPING STATION USING ITS SIX LEGS WITH THE EASE OF A JUGGLER. oddity "IT IS DUE TI THEIR BREATHING SYSTEM CALLED THE TRACHEA". CU MAGNIFIED VIEW IF FLIES BREATHING SYSTEM. CU FOOT OF A FLY. "IT IS ON THE HAIRY PART OF FEET AND LEGS THAT DISEASED GERMS FIND THE RESTING PLACE". CU FLIES ON DECAYING MATTER. HERE "THEY COLLECT GERMS THAT CAUSE AMTRAC, TYPHOID, TB, CHOLERA, SMALL POX AND OTHER DISEASES". "FLIES HATCH SO FAST THAT A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL HATCHED ON APRIL 1ST, CAN HAVE 5000 BILLION DESCENDANTS BY DECEMBER 1ST, IF ALL THE EGGS MATURE". |
| 01:11:10 376 |
CU VARIOUS SHOTS FLIES FEEDING ON VARIOUS HUMAN FOODS. FLIES IN BOWL OF FOOD
IN KITCHEN. "FOOD SHOULD ALWAYS BE COVERED OR SCREENED". CU FLY ON NIPPLE OF BABY BOTTLE. CU DEAD FLY KILLED BY DEADLY FUNGUS ON CERTAIN PLANTS, WHICH KILLS COUNTLESS MILLIONS OF FLIES. CU VIEW WASP FEEDING. IT STINGS FLIES IN NERVE CENTER. CU LONG EARED BAT BEING HELD IN MAN'S HAND. IT FEEDS ALMOST ENTIRELY ON INSECTS. CAPTURES HUNDREDS FLIES FOR EVERY MEAL. |
| 01:12:26 452 |
CU MAGNIFIED VIEW SPIDER, PERHAPS THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE ENEMY OF THE FLY. CU
FLY STRUGGLING IN SPIDER WEB. |
| 01:13:07 493 |
MS MAN BURNING RUBBISH IN GARDEN, WHERE FLIES LAY THEIR EGGS. CU MAN SETTING
UP A FLY TRAP. CU HUNDREDS FLIES IN TRAP. CU FLIES DYING IN TRAP AS MAN PLACES PAPER WITH A FEW DROPS AMMONIA UNDER TRAP. FUMES KILL THEM ALL. VOICE OVER GIVES MORE TIPS. "REMEMBER, SWAT THE FLY" |
| 01:14:10 556 |
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Specialty CollectionThis reel is currently not available for online viewing.
Year: 1939
Color: Black & White
Genre: TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, GENERAL
Description: FILM SHOWS MICROSCOPIC VIEWS OF VARIOUS STAGES IN GROWTH OF HUMAN FLY AND ITS DANGERS TO MANKIND OVER THE AGES. VARIOUS METHODS OF EXTERMINATION ARE DEMONSTRATED AND EXPLAINED. science, disease, safety.
