The Winged Mosquito (Mouse & Rat)

The Winged Mosquito is a Aldo Boomer animated short film that was released in 1943.

Synopsis
In this propaganda short, the viewers are taught about how the mosquito can spread malaria. A young mosquito flies into a house and consumes the blood of an infected human. She then consumes the blood of a healthy human, transmitting the disease into him. It turns out that this is actually a film within a film and Mouse and Rat are watching it. Mouse and Rat volunteer to get rid of the mosquito by destroying her breeding grounds and encouraging its natural predators.

Availability

 * (2019) Streaming - FilmxshowsMAX Plus (Restored)

Sound Effects Used

 * TOM SCREAM

Characters

 * Mouse
 * Rat
 * Malaria

Voice Characterizations

 * Harry E. Lang - Mouse
 * Mel Blanc - Rat
 * Edward Everett Horton - Narrator

Credits

 * Director: Paul Fennell (uncredited)
 * Story: Don Figlozzi, Bill Phillips (both uncredited)
 * Animation: James Culhane, Gordon Whittier, Howard Baldwin, Fred Abranz, Rod Scribner, Osmond Evans, Emery Hawkins (all uncredited)
 * Backgrounds: Paul Julian (uncredited)
 * Music: Eric Maddox (uncredited)

Titles
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