The Rat Problem (US Army, 1950)
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Channel: National Library of Medicine · 2018 · Science & Technology
An overview of the habits of domestic rats, the destruction and diseases they can cause, conditions which foster rat infestation, and ways to control rats are shown. Footage is of rats in and around places of human habitation. Animation of how rats are susceptible to a number of illnesses and parasites. The film also includes scenes of children bitten by rats, rats contaminating food supply, and damaging properties. Learn more about this film and search its transcript at NLM Digital Collections: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9421645. Learn more about the National Library of Medicine's historical audiovisuals program at: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/collections/films
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