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  1. Thiospirillum Jenense ('Thiorhodaceae’): Locomotion and Phototactic Behaviour (1964 Film)

    Director
    N Pfennig
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows in detail the locomotion of these curious motile bacilli, also the remarkably specific phototropic effects in certain parts of the spectrum. Made from material shot in 1963. An Encyclopaedia...

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  2. Science Is Fiction: The Films of Jean Painlevé

    Date
    2 Jun 2014, 07:57
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Article

    Jean Painlevé (1902-1989) was one of the pioneers in the development of scientific cinema and was one of its great popularisers. Oliver Gaycken, Assistant Professor at University of Maryland looks at the...

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  3. Chromatium Adenii ('Thiorhodaceae’): Bio-Convection Aero and Phototactic Behaviour (1966 Film)

    Director
    N Pfennig
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the effects of convection currents on suspended ‘Chromatium’ bacilli; also the effects of air (which repels) and light (which attracts) these motile organisms. Made from material shot in 1965. An...

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  4. Bacillus Typhosus (Typhoid and Cholera Bacilli)

    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences

    This film illustrates the movement and agglutination of typhoid (2 mins 30 secs) and then cholera bacilli (2 mins 30 secs). Probably one of the earliest surviving film records of bacteriological research....

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  5. Cell Biology II: Development and Reproduction (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, 2 LaserVision videodiscs. b&w/col. 140 min., 1996 sale: £315.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Footage of gastrulation in the newt egg as well as microscopy of anthrax and tetanus bacilli. The main subject headings are: Unicellular organisms; Cell aggregation; Plant development; Fungal development;...

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  6. Chromatium Okenii ('Thiorhodaceae’): Flagella Movement (1966 Film)

    Director
    N Pfennig
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows movement of flagella in ‘Chromatium okenii’ through slow motion cinematography. The different effect of flagella movement is demonstrated as ‘push’ and ‘pull’ movement. It shows that the...

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