Wheat Bulb Fly (1957)

Harpenden, Hertfordshire. Exterior. M/S of two men walking in a field carrying various items. They walk towards a cage made out of mosquito netting and put their things down on the grass. M/S of the first man climbing into the net cage, the other man passes in a bag and a tray. M/S of the first man inside the cage and the one outside passing the things in. The narrator says this is Rothamsted Experimental Station where they are conducting research into the Wheat Bulb Fly (Leptohylemyia Coarctata). The other man climbs through the net into the cage. M/S of the first man who has a tube in his mouth this is attached to a little test tube with a spout on the end, he brushes his hand against the wheat and holds the tube in the air, he then repeats the action. C/U of him sucking up a fly from the wheat through the spout. C/U of his face with the tube in his mouth, C/U of another fly being sucked off the net. Various shots of him sucking up flies. C/U of his hand holding the tube. The second man climb
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