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  • Tracking the Sleeping Death (1938)
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    Short | 10 min | Short, Mystery
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Tracking the Sleeping Death (1938)
Approved
Short | 10 min | Short, Mystery

A tale of science's battle with Africa's dread sleeping death that tells the true-life story of Sir David Bruce, a doctor/scientist. who went to Uganda in British Africa in 1900, and after tireless work and investigation discovered the the...See moreA tale of science's battle with Africa's dread sleeping death that tells the true-life story of Sir David Bruce, a doctor/scientist. who went to Uganda in British Africa in 1900, and after tireless work and investigation discovered the the tse-tse fly was the carrier of the dreaded germ. By having the natives move from the low-country, infested by the fly, onto the higher mountainous ground, the disease was finally conquered. Written by Les Adams See less
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Richard Goldstone (original story and screenplay)
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Updated Aug 3, 1938

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Aug 3, 1938 (United States)

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