Historical Film: David Fleay milking death adders for antivenom production

This film from the 1960's shows the late Sir David Fleay handling and milking death adders for antivenom production by the then Commonwealth Serum Laboratories. The film has great footage of the early antivenom production process - from processing the crude venom through to packaging the vials of antivenom at CSL. WARNING: Do not attempt to duplicate what you see in this video. If you cannot view the film within your browser, right click on DOWNLOAD, and then click "save as" to save a copy to your computer.

Film copyright: Australian Instructional Films Pty Limited.

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