Native Food

Marine Private McGillicuddy "doesn't like Vienna Sausage" so he leaves the mess tent, tightening his belt from 'hungry' to 'damn hungry.' He sees native foods that look familiar, like plantains and beach apples, but they aren't edible while the native's gardens are fertilized with human waste. Mac tightens his belt to 'starving' until invited to a feast. The narrator says, "It's alright to be friendly with the natives, but their food is not prepared in a sanitary fashion." Mac gets dysentery again, misses the turkey dinner the other Marines get, and then his Vienna sausage neighs at him.

Private McGillicuddy

United States Navy training film.

Combined full and limited animation.

A copy of this film is kept in Washington D.C. at the National Library of Medicine.