Uses cinemicroscopy, time-lapse photography, special effects, animation, macro-photography, and documentary and nature footage to survey the history of the earth from its beginning. Topics represented include DNA, bacteria photosynthesis, flagellates, sexual reproduction, multicellular colonies, the Miller-Urey ‘hot soup’ experiment, and Darwin’s theories.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
003416
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Microcinematography
Animals & Wildlife → Colonies (Biology)
Animals & Wildlife → Evolution (Biology)
Animals & Wildlife → Unicellular organisms
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Unicellular organisms
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cells
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → DNA
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Cells
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Colonies (Biology)
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Creation
Mathematics, Science & Technology → DNA
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Evolution (Biology)
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Life - Origin
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)