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The Winged Scourge( 1943)

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The Seven Dwarfs fight malaria.

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      Art Baker

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Fri Feb 09 2024
    Walt Disney turns his hand to government information animation in this initially rather oppressively narrated film about the anopheles mosquito. This eponymous scourge is responsible for the spread of malaria and this destroys lives and livelihoods. How to stop it? Well for that, he drafts in the help of the seven dwarves who proceed to show us how - in not a terribly ecologically sound fashion - we can kill their larvae in stagnant ponds, spray them out of existence in the nooks and crannies of our homes and we can use door and window screens as well as muslin to protect ourselves from their p...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • propaganda
    • world war ii
    • disease
    • malaria
    • short film
    • psa