Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike War Department official film. Misc Malaria -- prevention & control Military Personnel This cartoon video was used to educate soldiers in malaria prevention during World War II. Malaria Mike is a mosquito who repeatedly attacks Private Snafu in an effort to infect the soldier. The mosquito is temporarily foiled because of Snafu's use of clothing, repellent, and mosquito netting. Received: As a gift from the National Museum of Health and Medicine [Washington, DC] : War Dept., [1944?] United States. War Department Animation Instructional Films and Videos Moving image 005 min. Sound Black and white Animation nlm:nlmuid-100960023-vid 100960023 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/100960023 English United States The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/