Germ Guardians: Hygiene Fight 1929

This 1929 silent educational film, Disease Carriers: A Film Lesson in "Health and Hygiene", tackles vectors of illness with stark visuals. It zooms in on flies spreading typhoid from filth to food, urging clean streets and sewage treatment—likely showing early plants like Chicago’s stickney works. Rat and rodent control battles plague, with traps in alleys, while malaria mosquitoes buzz over swamps, countered by drainage efforts. Intertitles link sanitation to health, a 1920s crusade against unseen foes, crafted for classroom enlightenment.