Rat Extermination (1920)

Item title reads: “It’s Rough on the Rats. In determined effort to stamp out Rat pest - Corporation launch asphyxiating gas offensive. Leeds, Yorkshire. A group of men mill about as gas is released on what looks like a building site. Someone take that dog somewhere safe! The men look as if they are not really sure what is going on. GV Man wearing gas-mask releasing poison gas in order to kill rats. He holds the canister in his hand and moves it. Much smoke is released. He then walks towards the camera looking embarrassed, scratching his head, still wearing his gas mask. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulle