MALARIA CONTROL, CALCUTTA, INDIA Part 2

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Signal Corps ADC 4989 111 SOURCE: AFCF (C-312) ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 604 ea Silent 4989 MALARIA CONTROL Calcutta, India 6-7 July 45 Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 MS, mosquito catcher (civilian) and his equipment. CU, catcher demonstrating use of tube and disassembling it to show the various parts. Seq: Catcher looks for mosquito along doorway, catches it with his apparatus, empties it into a mosquito cage which is then tied and tagged. Seq: Inspector makes sample dippings at a tank near Camp Tallygunge and places some larvae into bottle. LS, building at 77 Park Streetwhere malaria control center is located. CU, sign over entrance of laboratory. Seq: Ints of lab. US soldier working at microscope. Mosquito cage containing mosquito is brought into lab, and placed under microscope for examination. Seq: Native children are lined up and undergo examinations for malaria. A US Maj checks the spleens of the children, takes blood tests from their fingers and rewards them with candy after their examination. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave. 5) LIC 1, NY ERBS/es

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities