Presents, by means of microcinematography, the fundamental life processes of nutrition, locomotion, reaction, and reproduction of the simplest plant and animal forms - the algae, amoeba, spirogyra, vulvox, paramecia, botacella, stentor, hydra and various rotapers.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
322080
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Microcinematography
Animals & Wildlife → Animal locomotion
Animals & Wildlife → Biology - Classification
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Plants - Reproduction
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water - Analysis
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Water
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Water - Analysis
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Micro-organisms
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Nutrition
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Reproduction
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biology - Classification
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)