It Must Be The Neighbors (1966)

It Must Be The Neighbors by U.S. Public Health Services
Emphasizes the relationship between good premises sanitation and freedom from mosquitoes, flies, cockroaches and rodents. Shows how refuse handling improvements may play an important part in eradicating the yellow fever mosquito and other disease vectors.
Thanks to avgeeks.com

[@suebereza7498]

I was a health inspector and this film was a hoot. The state actually brought this film to our office for training. Betty was so ashamed. 😂

[@RamSkirata]

Can we please stop to notice how BEAUTIFUL that neighbourhood is? :)

[@ih82r8]

Right?! People took pride in ownership.

[@sharegreats2157]

Very good film. I like how openly and freely neighbours talk to each other. In Germany, where I live, everyone grows thick and dense hedges around his property that neighbours can't have a look at them.

[@c.f.7408]

Downtown Portland needs to see this

[@ErnestTeeBass]

I can’t imagine my football coach stopping practice to talk about mosquitoes and rats

[@ohmeowzer1]

Love these old films

[@sowhatdowop]

Love Betty's bulletproof hair.

[@laurabuffone4742]

Hair by Chrysler 🤣

[@nickwalco]

some of these old movies are still relevant today

[@ih82r8]

All of these videos need to be shown in schools and on TV.........DAILY.

[@carolinesantos1165]

Totally agree

[@bimbotm5789]

Agree

[@nelle5686]

I throw my old bread out in the backyard .The birds eat them before nightfall.

[@wadebarnett2542]

Garbage collected TWICE per week? It's once a week where I live.

[@rhianythgrace578]

Once every two weeks where I live 😕

[@ardemach]

@@rhianythgrace578 😵

[@sirtrently77]

We used to live in an area where it was once a week, but now we’re in a twice a week area.

[@wadebarnett2542]

@@sirtrently77 Personally, I can go weeks without a trash pickup. Some neighbors pay extra to get another garbage cart to stuff. Twice-per-week pickup has to drive up the taxes some. I live in Des Moines, IA. Where are you?

[@sirtrently77]

@@wadebarnett2542 Around Fort Lauderdale. It was similar in Tampa, too.

[@steveb9151]

8:15 Just what those young fellas needed: a pep talk from coach about the health hazards of garbage.

[@poetcomic1]

This film changed my life. I'm 13 minutes older.

[@maxresdefault8235]

thats pretty good lol. well done

[@ih82r8]

This is my favorite one of these. I am laughing so hard...aaaahhhhh the 1950s...the years when keeping your yard nice was something to be competitive about. All the kids roll their eyes at their parents collectively declaring that it must be the neighbors....then they go be more mature than the adults.

[@BrittMFH]

Jennifer The 60s.

[@jb6712]

1966, not the '50s at all.

[@larkatmic]

It was more of a thing in the 1960s and 70s, not so much in the 50s. It was too much work before the 1960s. Power lawn mowers and edgers were way too expensive for most of us in the 1950s

[@Odnotournikiru]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zp3QZYWBlrubkMU A beautiful vintage girl who is just starting her career!

[@karen4you]

What caught my eye was that the neighborhood kids banded together and did a lot of the clean up work, doing good. Not vandalizing or such. The Mrs. at the beginning was sure a nag. But in the end, they lived happily ever after and neighbors invited others over for a outdoor meal, now that the mosquitoes were banished.

[@ohmeowzer1]

karen4you yeah they were the most adult acting about the whole thing

[@shaneclark5022]

not for me. the hook was when the gang of juveniles were recruiting to be in their gang.

[@jbgroup1]

But there were about 6 or 7 coloured boys on the team. What happened to them cleaning up the neighbourhood?

[@russellgay9442]

karen4you Kind of the same spirit that group of 300 strangers from all over the country brought to Baltimore last week. They banded together and picked up 14 tons of garbage.

[@nervousordo]

@@jbgroup1 Those coloured boys wouldn't have been allowed to live in that neighborhood.

[@lisathuban5534]

Quickly! To the rotary phone! It was a simpler time, when everyone gathered together and thought about the neighbors garbage cans instead of playing on the interweb. They live in Florida (like me). I can tell by the way the houses and yards look. Also the huge emphasis on mosquitoes and rats.

[@ingriddubbel8468]

I have not seen any plants that are indiginous to Florida. Also a septic system in a topography that hinders basements being built? I have seen buildings like the one shown in Florida but ice also seen them in New Jersey. And everyone worries about mosquitoes and rats.

[@johnbockelie3899]

Where's the hot line to the sanitation department?.

[@cindytrayer4279]

I also live in Florida and knew it was filmed here when I saw that huge palmetto bug!🤣🤣

[@tracylord8894]

Why does the husband tell the wife he knows the head of the garbage department from his being a big time college player and not the coach of their kid's football team? Wouldn't the wife know him as well?

[@pieterwillembotha6719]

Those two young boys look to the Head of Sanitation as a Hero? LMAO

[@lizzapaolia959]

If they would listen and understand this in 2024. Our once beautiful cities are a disaster. Once neat and tidy streets..... Cars parked on what was once lawn. Third world lifestyles. God bless the founding fathers 🙏

[@siggyretburns7523]

That Betty sure is one level headed woman. But you couldn't tell with that hairdoo.

[@pagalmasala]

Dude’s got connections...

[@estrellacasias]

Times were different back then when they respected the youth and their potential. They were motivating and hopeful for them when the present was bright and hope was the fuel

[@melokc7257]

Not in my family. Kids were seen and not heard. Sadly.

[@SmidBeach]

I love how the neighborhood Martha Stewart shows off her yard to hubby's health department pal only to get busted for breeding mosquitoes!

[@johnbockelie3899]

They clean up the place once, and never again.

[@berenicemarchese1593]

the entire extended family and neighbourhood are all upset because someone's old rubbish container broke?? goodness, didn't they have anything better to do?

[@alphonsocarioti512]

God forbid the wife takes the can in!

[@mikepeterson764]

"As tightly guarded as Fort Knox." a sign, a sign is the same as Fort Knox.

[@bunnyfoofoo9695]

Fort Knox is empty.😣

[@mikepeterson764]

@@bunnyfoofoo9695 even if it is, they have more security than a sign

[@bunnyfoofoo9695]

@@mikepeterson764 lol.....

[@bjbrown]

Gosh those boys were helpful solving the problem in the neighborhood! Parents need to be more responsible when it comes to pest control.

[@pauld136]

Larry Foster walks through Detroit he’s gonna shit

[@BK-carchic]

I wonder what would have happen if Barney Fife was the next door neighbor?

[@steveb9151]

12:10 By the looks of ol' Pete, there probably aren't too many food scraps lying around.

[@nervousordo]

Now you need an HOA to force neighbors to not act like slobs.

[@dannydougin3925]

Hilarious ... I would never think to pay much attention to my neighbors trash cans!

[@jerryharrell1543]

Miss Monroe was probably born in the 19th century

[@mikepeterson764]

i hear she was a classmate of George Washington

[@theresamckeown8260]

Neighbors today have pools that are breeding grounds. Every house with a pool would have to be inspected from License & Inspections!

[@ohmeowzer1]

They need to come clean my yard lol

[@sarcasticdemon7669]

Lol, you can clean your own yard.

[@ALANLACORTEBRITO]

EXCELLENT ACTORS IN THAT MOVIE

[@larkatmic]

I wish I knew where this was filmed. Its definitely not in LA. But I’d love to know to see how things have changed. So many once nice middle class neighborhoods in L.A are not so nice anymore. I wish the middle class was still the majority populace. It was a definite better time in America. Now it’s hyper wealthy and destitute poor. What a mess

[@sharonh2991]

What’s the big deal? Run over to Home Depot and get cha a new one!

[@tj921able]

This really has some helpful information. Thank you for sharing it. God Bless You and stay safe.

[@matta3968]

I thought Bill and Pete Granger were gonna come to blows.

[@Eszra]

This is giving me really great ideas.

[@scratchdog2216]

2:50 '...rats, flies,..insects' The smiling boys are like 'cool !'

[@jlewis9043]

😂😂 I watched that part on repeat. Needed that laugh.

[@davidbrown8303]

He should get plastic cans with wheels.

[@wadebarnett2542]

My mother had metal cans in a cart until 2002 when she died. Everyone uses the city-supplied wheeled carts now. In the old days, trash in plastic bags would be taken. Not any more.

"Ok kids that's the end of the film, time for recess, smoke em if ya got em !!!" 😁

[@justpeachy4851]

I never let my garbage can mess my Friday

[@maunster3414]

I'm curious to see what that neighbourhood looks like today.

[@JNeil1975]

The little houses are $900,000

[@devinsingletary4598]

it's probably a ghetto

[@tannawannavannabittannawan7138]

It’s been bulldozed for an IKEA.

[@eggshells652]

Kyril J racist shithead, go some where else

[@heathstjohn6775]

@@eggshells652 Facts are not racist. Facts are not a race; but the truth can be inconvenience.

[@thatsme9787]

Wow! Back then there was neighborhood weenie roasts?

[@ingriddubbel8468]

were not was

[@pudgyloafer9793]

Not just weenies... marshmallows, too!!! People made S'mores!!!

[@wadebarnett2542]

In this case, only two families were involved.

[@Kelle0284]

I'm a weenie. I got roasted.

[@russellgay9442]

This was before Relativism took hold in society. Kids were kids and didn't dictate policy in the home and schools. Adults we're allowed and expected to be Adults and parents; and kids were EXPECTED to respect them and yes, could look up to them as heros and roll models, instead of expecting the world to center exclusively on them.

[@masonbricke4568]

What I've learned from this video is that I don't want to live in the suburbs of ratview or mosquito acres...

[@sherry866]

I guess I could do a better job in my yard too when it comes to stagnant water building up !! thanks

[@RobertHowe-zv7gs]

So what; have fun where you can get it !

[@amb-yz9ee]

How could she not see the mosquito larvae?

[@karaamundson3964]

It's the good ol' kids!

[@ClayLoomis1958]

The city "collects the garbage twice a week and the rubbish once a week." Well, when do they pick up the trash?

[@elizabethowens8548]

The militia guarding the neibhorhood from waylay neighbors

[@rachelpollock8863]

Ewwwww, is the septic tank overflowing???? How can this be overlooked or oversmelled??? Yuck!

[@siggyretburns7523]

Because the dump is right down the street.

[@Love.IsTheAnswer]

This short was filmed in Septic Springs California where septic springs bubble up everywhere. It's the cheapest homes and real estate in the Country. The Septic Springs High School mascot are the Hell Puddles. I'm not making this up. Ok, I'm making this up. But, that doesn't mean it's not 100% true. Because it isnt. At all. Total fact. Not.

[@barbarabeals7301]

Forget the trash bins...imagine if these folks knew, somehow or other, that their humble rat- and mosquito-infested homes would morph into "mid-century modern," "tear-downs," or "total gut jobs?" The Dads, in suit & tie, trudged off to tedious 9--5 jobs for 30+ years to pay the mortgage on their "gut jobs." The Moms, wearing appropriate, dignified dresses or skirts, spent hours every single day for 30+ years cooking, ironing, and cleaning their "tear-downs." Hmm. Please share words that pop to mind: Irony? Stiflng? Stability? Smuggling? Cozy? Dreamless? Joy? Joyless? Protected? Draining? Hideout? Aliens? 👽

[@baronsorgi1]

SwimSwede Aliens 👽

[@larkatmic]

You have no idea what you missed. Contempt makes one a miserable lot. Break free from tour nihilism.

[@NWinnVR]

*Summery:* It was the neighbors...

[@jourellelane1686]

How times have changed In 2019 we don't use metal Garbage cans anymore We have plastic garbage cans And we also recycle old cantaners Get taken to a factory to get reused nothing is wasted in the mellenium. Everything is plastic Metal is obsolete

[@countdown2xstacy]

The U.S has done a 180 in so many ways…and not for the better

[@randybob275]

There's a color version as well.

[@Suddenlyits1960]

You can laugh at it all you want,but the message behind the film was sound and the “corniness” of it doesn’t negate that message. At least people back then were trying to promote decent values and personal responsibilities in schools instead of indoctrinating them with wacko political agendas and telling them there are 100 different genders and that they can identify as a walrus if they want to. We also weren’t teaching them that they are are all victims and not responsible for the consequences of their poor decisions and are owed something. It beats the hell out of the stupidity surrounding us today. I would find find it laughable if it weren’t real.

[@mysecondemailatl]

This feels like a planeteer alert segment made by the boy scouts of America

[@timsmith854]

DDT for me!

[@calebreitman7412]

4:01

[@AngelOliva302]

Wow! His wife was a real pain and controlling!

[@ih82r8]

That shrug tho.....LMAO

[@ih82r8]

Plus...if watching without sound you have this scene: "Who doesn't have the health department direct number memorized?" * proceeds to dial 3 digit telephone number *

[@bunnyfoofoo9695]

The shame off it all!..........lol..

[@puffmaster]

Well, nothing a little strychnine and DDT won't cure...fuckin neighbors!

[@TheConservativeHippie]

If only compost and recycling is encouraged we wouldn’t create so much rubbish

[@georgerodriquez7744]

I can say a couple of things on that were i live .my neighborhood is a ghetto. Yes i ued to lived in The Bronx back in 1972 til we moved to another state this was a very clean and beautiful place. I couldn't believe the difference.streets clean .but now The Bronx looks better then this theres garbage furniture that people leave on my street its alwful.in my neighbor theres a nexts of all nationalities. But how can i or the rest come together and sit and think about a situation.pkus theres alot of these half wzy houses popping up with all kinds of people with bad habits. I think that we should have a meeting in the neighborhood and discuss these home been built on our street. But one person cant do it.

[@carolesmith4864]

Well, somebody communicated the flu to me and I want to know who it was. I do not feel good at all.

[@sheriheffner2098]

That is one nasty neighborhood. I hope the boys set out some D Con.

[@laurelkane8026]

I think l would move to another neighborhood.

[@v.m.8472]

When we wake up and go to work in the dark and come home in the dark, who sees a garbage can?

[@thomaslucas6079]

That would be a horrible neighborhood to live in were nobody minds their business. We had metal garbage cans when I was a small boy my dad would paint them to keep them from rusting through or should I say slow the rust down.

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

The youth football team has black players.

[@wooderdsaunders4640]

Why didn't the trash men take away the rusty holey can? They used to come by with spray trucks to kill the Mosquitoes. But I guess it stopped because of ddt

[@ALANLACORTEBRITO]

LARVAS OF AEDES AEGYPTI INSIDE THE WATER IN 3:34

[@TheParot161]

Larry might be right, but he’s kind of a buzzkill.

[@baronsorgi1]

yep lots of group sex in this neighbourhood. No Johnny , Daddy didn’t get that rash from the garbage can

[@michaelbailey4164]

Calgon take me away!!!

[@mikesilva3868]

All was bright... Bright like that damn light that cop shone in my face. He knew I didn't do it. HE KNEW I DIDN'T DO IT. I said BACK ME UP. Kids: All was bright... Bright like that damn light that cop shone in my face. He knew I didn't do it. HE KNEW I DIDN'T DO IT. I said BACK ME UP. Little Girl: He knew I didn't do it. [repeated line] Homey The Clown: Homey don't play dat. In living color joke 🤣

[@marieDg]

You would never get kids working like this now days

[@SOULRELIEF22]

St John 3:16! 💗 JESUS is coming again SOON! HALLELUJAH!

[@handfulofmelons6789]

Oh c'mon now, nobody is coming soon, enough with the preaching.

[@tannawannavannabittannawan7138]

JESUS LOVES HIS PEOPLE! -The BIBLE stats to be leery of people who predict that the end is near. It says no one knows when the end will come except for God. Maybe you should try reading it sometimes. ~Hallelujah!

[@wraithstrongopark]

lmfao!!!!!!! all the neighbors were white, but look at that football team! they were segregationist, but they weren't dumb! lmao

[@dogman9291]

This is 1966, long after segregation ended.

[@wraithstrongopark]

@@dogman9291 i wouldn't call 2 years a long time, stupid. either learn something, or shut the fuck up. and if you think that a law was passed and everyone all of sudden started skipping around hand in hand, you should really consider taking yourself out of the game. jesus, fucking dumb people are the worst.

[@byronc8986]

Betty needs to shut her yapper.

[@kyolym]

Turns out is was the neighborhood HOMOSEXUAL so Beware of the Homosexual

[@sarcasticdemon7669]

Fucking homophobic bitch.

[@reFocusZone]

⚠️ WARNING :: This is not a film to be watched by the Rona Fearful crowd! If you think Fauchi’s disease drumming is bad, just wait till you watch THIS public education piece from the 1960s on what city heath and safety officials were on the lookout for then! 😅

[@sophierobinson2738]

Those problems still exist today. Better to be watchful than stupid.

[@iconoclast137]

these people make me SICK

[@honiideslysses12]

Gotta make our neighborhood look fabulous...the commies are coming.

[@heidifedor]

These people are just gross.

[@handfulofmelons6789]

What!?

[@gfhhtfjyfvgghttfghgf8377]

How? I'm interested in your perspective on how there quote "gross"

[@tannawannavannabittannawan7138]

Heidi Fedor Is your yard and house spotless?

[@oliveb6318]

Heidi Fedor why because they lived differently from you or what exactly? This is the most stupid comment ever.

[@sarcasticdemon7669]

They fixed their problems, they ain't gross. I seen worse places then that to be honest, there was once a family that lived down my street back at my old house and they where hoarders! You can walk pass their house and see junk on the outside and you can see things inside the house that stack so high it went to the ceiling. What makes it worse is that they had two loving dogs and a cat trapped in that house! When they got their them taken away the dogs and cat had fleas all over them and they haven't had baths or grooming in a long time. The cat died but dogs now live happy and healthy life's with their new familys, but the hoarders had 5 kids that still lived with them. They had two 1 year old twin girls, a 3 and 8 year old boy, and a 14 year old girl the last time I saw them... I'm surprised they didn't got their kids taken away by child services!