Video Parts (6 across 2 reels)
This clip is Reel 2, Part 1 of a 6-part film. Watch from the beginning
THE MODERN PIED PIPER Reel 2 · Part 1
Description
Dramatizes methods of rodent extermination. Reel 1, a community, plagued with marauding rats, requests assistance from the Department of Agriculture. Shows statistics of rat damage in the U.S. Reel 2, a Department of Agriculture agent organizes a community anti-rat campaign (using billboards, handbills, etc.). The use of poisons (barium carbonate, carbon bisulphide, etc.) and the setting of traps are illustrated. Emphasizes cleanliness as a means of rat prevention (covering garbage cans, removing refuse, etc.).
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