Adventure In Sardinia 1 (1950)

Reel 1. Street scenes in Sardinia. Scenics - lakes, mountains etc. Local men with their cattle and sheep. Children in the streets carrying water. Women washing and weaving. A man carves a small statue. Men working in the field, ploughing with old fashioned equipment. Barren hillsides. Children are examined by a doctor in front of a church. A child in bed with malaria. Funeral. Pools of water, swamps and marshes. C/U of larvae underwater. Mosquito hatches from a pupa. Candles are lit. C/U of mosquito on skin. Cagliari - capital of Sardinia, an organisation set up - ERLAAS - an international force to stamp out malaria. Equipment and supplies (including DDT) unloaded. Posters being pasted on to walls. - crowds reading. Fumigators spray DDT in every building. Numbers stencilled on buildings. Note: safety 16mm exists - mute neg, track neg, comb print. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FAS