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  1. Cain and Abel (Ants) (1975 Film)

    Producer
    Colin Willcock
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    In the high forests of northern Trinidad, a rich and varied habitat, two kinds of ant have adopted contrasting ways of making a living. The driver ants are wandering hunters which scour the forest floor for...

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  2. Family That Lives with Elephants, The (1975 Film)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Iain Douglas-Hamilton’s Oxford PhD project was to study the ecology of the elephant population over a five-year period and advise on its co-existence with farming developments. Access to lush montane...

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  3. Old Plantation, The (Jamaica) (1975 Film)

    Producer
    Colin Willock
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    In an overgrown tonka bean plantation in the hill forests of Trinidad, looks at the giant locust, the hairy bird-eating spider, a six-inch snake which hunts termites, a termite colony, hercules ants and the...

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  4. River and the Trees, The (Bromeliads) (1975 Film)

    Producer
    Colin Willock
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Looks at the frogs in Trinidad: a frog that builds a swimming pool for its offspring; one whose tadpoles move about in organised groups; the golden tree frog, which lives among the bromeliads - plants that...

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  5. Big Bommie (1974 Film)

    Producer
    Colin Willcock
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Introductory or background material for courses in marine biology.*

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  6. Deceivers, The (Moths) (1974 Film)

    Producer
    Colin Willock
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Moths are not only among the most beautiful and varied members of the insect community, they are also the most vulnerable. They have to depend largely on fraud to escape their enemies. Looks at the many...

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  7. Gorilla (1974 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Looks at the family life of a band of mountain gorillas in the Kahuzi-Beiga National Park in eastern Zaire and the work of one man, Adrian Deschryver, in his efforts to protect the gorillas of Kahuzi-Beiga.*

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  8. Industrial Action (Honeybees) (1974 Film)

    Producer
    Colin Willock
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    About the honey bee. Looks at the world of the workers inside the hive and into the cells of the honeycomb to observe the everyday life of a busy bee-city. The drones are waited on until they have completed...

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  9. Inside Story (Blue Tits) (1974 Film)

    Producer
    Colin Willock
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Examines what happens during the courtship, nesting and incubation of the blue tit, which is a hole nester, sometimes using hollow trees but often nesting in nest boxes provided for it. Looks inside a nest...

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  10. Mayfly and the Trout, The (1974 Film)

    Producer
    Colin Willock
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Looks at the underwater lives not only of trout and mayfly but also the other inhabitants of the trout stream. Trout spawn, a dipper flies underwater, a pike attacks, bullheads bark at each other in...

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