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Filmmaker David Malone explores the science behind metamorphosis, as - with the help of entomologists and microphotography - he looks at the life cycles of locusts, caterpillars, tadpoles and sea urchins....
Shows by X-ray cinephotography morphological changes in the pupa of ‘Calliphora erythrocephala’ before it develops into a fly. An Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film.*
4 (1978): Schematic animation and in vivo sequences demonstrate stages in the development of the coelom in the young pluteus and of the sea urchin anlage in the more advanced pluteus until readiness for...
Describes the embryology of the frog. The processes of coition, fertilisation, cleavage, gastrulation, neurulation and subsequent development are illustrated in turn, by means of micro-photography,...
Different types of bee and their function in the community of the hive. The life cycle in the hive during the year: egg laying, metamorphosis, manufacture of wax, swarming, building a honeycomb. Introductory...
The complex mechanism of the Venus fly trap. The bladderwort’s closing mechanism and the sundew. A wasp is trapped by a Sarracenia, a trumpet pitcher. A species of mosquito that has become associated with...
The work of Ducth graphic artist Maurits Escher is a play of perspectives and illusions of forms and spaces in which he draws the impossible. Boundaries expand to infinity, and floors becomes ceilings and...
A visual response to Sylvia Plath’s readings of her own poetry. These readings plus extracts from an interview given just before Plath’s death provide an anchor for a film which celebrates her macabre...
Uses examples from various insect orders to show the basic design of a hard outer skeleton, jointed legs and specialised mouthparts serves a wealth of different lifestyles. Contrasts the life histories of...
This film has been made mainly from a series of photomicrographs, many of which are unique, of the living amphioxus, in combination with diagram animation. Demonstrates the role of the notochord in...
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