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Aerial Crop Spraying (1972)

Item showing aeroplane spraying crops.

News Flashes - Morocco - Locusts Invasion (1954)

Fight against invasion of locusts across Moroccan...

Orchard" Offensive" Opens (1933)

Farmers spray loads of chemicals over trees to control insects.

Battle Of The Bracken! (1939)

Scottish agriculture experts tackle the problem of bracken taking over...

Delousing Operation (1945)

Women, children and men being deloused.

Chinese Army Fumigation (1940-1949)

Chinese soldiers being sprayed with DDT powder.

Aerial Crop Spraying (1960)

Planes are used to spray fertiliser onto pastures in New Zealand.

Gas For Pests (1932)

Crops are sprayed to kill a plague of butterflies on a field in Krasnovar in Russia.

Argentine Ants (1967)

Plague of Argentine ants in New South Wales. Australia.

Invaders On The Victory (1947)

Insecticide is sprayed onto death watch beetles making holes in Nelson's...

Orchard Spraying (1949)

Girls spray orchard in Hereford, Herefordshire.

Hirohito Among People (1940-1949)

Japanese emperor Hirohito visiting wounded soldiers and drives through...

Computer Farming (1965)

Computers are used to help the work of farmers in Sussex.

"Poison Gas" - As A Help (1923)

Cotton crop is sprayed by a crop plane.

Caught By The Camera No. 92 (1936)

Caught by the Camera this week - blossoms being sprayed with...

Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 138 (1940)

A model aeroplane meet and measures to protect fruit trees...

'quake Homeless Flee Disaster Area (1949)

Survivors of the Ecuadorian earthquake try to reach safety.

Flowers AKA Carnations (1939)

A look at the world's largest nursery specialising in carnations, near...

Pest Control (1948)

Land Army's Colorado Beetle Flying Squad leap into action at Grays, Essex.

Kent Blossom (1954)

A look at the maintenance of cherry and apple blossom orchards in Newington, Kent.

Antrycide New Drug Against Cattle Disease & Tse Tse Fly (1949)

Manufacture of Antrycide, new drug...

Fight Against Forest Insects (1948)

Spraying pesticide over forests in Poland

Secrets Of Nature - The Aphis (1930-1939)

Life and death of the Aphis.

Rhineland (1920-1929)

Nice scenic footage of the Rhineland - castles and vineyards.

Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 133 (1940)

Grasshopper plague in Arizona and a bulldog pup sold in...

Ddt Covers Us Town AKA D.D.T. Covers U.S. Town (1946)

Health drive in USA - streets, rubbish...

Winged War On Pests (1935)

Small plane sprays chemicals over the countryside to kill beetles spreading...

Inventions (1950)

A.M. Low and Edwin Solomon give demonstration of their inventions.

Florida Battles Plague Of Flies (1956)

Traps are set against plague of Mediterranean Fruit Flies in...

Helping Hands (1955-1959)

Labour-saving machinery that can be attached to Nuffield tractors seen in action on...

Women Agricultural Workers (1914-1918)

Nice footage of Women's Land Army at work in fields of Maidstone,...

Blitz On Bugs (1944)

Cartoon showing the importance of 'blitzing' bugs.

Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 19 (1938)

Czech schoolgirls dance wearing gas masks, an ancient...

Flying Into The News (1946)

Delegates return from India, helicopter sprays crops, and airmen rehearse...

Woman's Land Army Issue Title Is Let's Join The Ladies (1943)

Lord Woolton at Land Army Training...

Varsity Ball (1949)

High jinks and frivolity at Cambridge University's quirky Granta Ball.

Refugees (1945)

Refugees travelling by trains and lorries, force labour camp liberated.

Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 11 (1938)

Revolving stage in Czechoslovakia, a chess championship,...

Autumn Diary (1947)

Princess Margaret launches ship while a Cholera Epidemic threatens Cairo.

Into Brazil's Jungleland No: 1 (1931)

Dogs are plunged into disinfectant and they bark at a caged...

Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 36 (1938)

A gas works in Italy, insects are gassed, skiing on straw,...