Angel of Death

19802 minFilm: Documentary

Direction: Ron Webber

Production: Dennis SawyerPeter Katadotis

Script: Ron Webber

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.

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Canada vignettes : l'ange de la mort

Subject categories

  • Animals > InsectsSports and Recreation
  • History - Canada - 1867-1919 > PortraitsSocial LifeWomen
  • Health and Medicine > Public Health and Sanitation
  • Canada - Images of a Country > Vignettes

Credits

script
Ron Webber
director
Ron Webber
editor
Ron Webber
narrator
Walter Massey
Daisy De Bellefeuille
music
Alain Clavier
producer
Dennis Sawyer
executive producer
Peter Katadotis