Eradicating the Khapra Beetle, 1957

B/W - Sound - 16 mm - 00:13:15 The Khapra Beetle is the world's worst pest of stored grain, and its damage in elevators and warehouses in affected areas of California, Arizona, and New Mexico is forcefully portrayed in this film. The striking scenes of control measures make this an unusual and vivid picture; huge elevators and warehouses are covered with giant plastic tarpaulins and fumigated with methyl bromide gas to kill these insects. Produced in cooperation with the California Department of Agriculture.