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Summary: Information film about the various issues with rats.
Description: Reel one: Problems caused by rat infestations around human working and living areas.
Reel two: Diseases carried by rats and the impact on humans.
Reel three: Threat to young children from rats invading bedrooms, often attracted by food left around children's mouths. Other diseases caused by rat fleas infecting rats and then humans. Black Death plague caused by rats. Other US wild rodents (squirrel, prairie dog etc) capable of carrying plague listed. Understanding rats will help control and eradicate them.
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 3
Length: 2230ft
Notes: Remarks: Before the rats featured could be filmed they had to be accustomed to the presence of human beings, the sound of the cameras and the brightness of the photographic lighting.