A vignette about a 1912 fly-swatting contest organized by The Toronto Daily Star to draw attention to the danger posed to public health by flies. Through archival photographs and newspaper headlines the highlights of the contest are reviewed in a light, humorous manner. The winner, a determined young lady named Beatrice White, killed over 500 000 flies during the six-week contest and was dubbed the "Angel of Death" by the paper.
DirectorRon Webber
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Includes: Canada Vignettes: Fashion Designer, Canada Vignettes: The Horse, Canada Vignettes: News Canada, Canada Vignettes: Spence's Republic, Canada Vignettes: Lady Frances Simpson, Canada Vignettes: Holidays, Canada Vignettes: Voyageurs, Canada Vignettes: Trees, Canada Vignettes: Logger, Canada Vignettes: Faces, Canada Vignettes: Toronto, Canada Vignettes: Newfoundland, Canada Vignettes: Skier, Canada Vignettes: Captain Cook, Canada Vignettes: Land Bridge, Canada Vignettes: Port Royal, Canada Vignettes: Trading Post, Canada Vignettes: Flin Flon, Canada Vignettes: Bill Miner, Canada Vignettes: Stunt Family, Canada Vignettes: The Maple Leaf, Canada Vignettes: The Performer, Canada Vignettes: Men of the Deeps, Cape Breton, Canada Vignettes: Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary, Canada Vignettes: Fort Prince of Wales, Canada Vignettes: Onions and Garlic: A Hebrew Fable, Canada Vignettes: Acadian Quadrille, Canada Vignettes: Sodbusters, Canada Vignettes: December Lights, Canada Vignettes: Alouette, Canada Vignettes: Moccasins, Canada Vignettes: Dance, Canada Vignettes: Riverdale Lion, Canada Vignettes: Instant French, Canada Vignettes: Woolly Mammoth, Canada Vignettes: Wop May, Canada Vignettes: The Egg, Canada Vignettes: Indian Pipe, Canada Vignettes: Métis Coat, Canada Vignettes: Inuit Pipe, Canada Vignettes: Unity Pole, Canada Vignettes: Delta Plane, Canada Vignettes: Bluenose 1921-1946, Canada Vignettes: Ma Chère Albertine, Canada Vignettes: Love on Wheels, Canada Vignettes: Log Driver's Waltz, Canada Vignettes: Don Messer - His Land and His Music - Don Messer 1910-1973, Canada Vignettes: Don Messer - His Land and His Music - Marg Osburne 1927-1977 Pt. 1, Canada Vignettes: McIntosh, Canada Vignettes: Canada's Snowbirds, Canada Vignettes: Calliope, Canada Vignettes: Dancing Dolls, Canada Vignettes: Klondike Gold, Canada Vignettes: Arctic Mission, Canada Vignettes: Arctic Seascape, Canada Vignettes: Angel of Death, Canada Vignettes: Melvin Arbuckle, Famous Canadian, Canada Vignettes: Countdown, Canada Vignettes: Ice, Canada Vignettes: Emergency Numbers, Canada Vignettes: Catapult Canada, Canada Vignettes: Mussel Mud, Canada Vignettes: The Move
