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Secrets of Nature
(1922-1933)
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Contents: The Battle of the Ants (1922), The Cuckooâs Secret (1922), Fathoms Deep Beneath the Sea (1922), Skilled Insect Artisans (1922), The White Owl (1922), Busy Bees (1926), Floral Co-operative Societies (1927), The Plants of the Pantry (1927), The Aphis (1930), Peas and Cues (1930), Scarlet Runner & Co. (1930), The Strangler (1930), The Bittern (1931), Magic Myxies (1931), The World in a Wine-glass (1931), The Nightingale (1932), Romance in a Pond (1932), Brewsterâs Magic (1933) and Gathering Moss (1933).
Launched in 1922, the films in the âSecrets of Natureâ series explore animal, plant and insect life. The series pioneered groundbreaking techniques of slow-motion, time-lapse and microscopic photography, made by enterprising men and women at the forefront of science and nature filmmaking, including F. Percy Smith, Oliver Pike and Mary Field.
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 British Film Institute
2010 DVD edition
Secrets of Nature (1922-1933), black & white, 200 minutes total, BBFC Certificate E, including The Battle of the Ants (1922), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Certificate E, The Cuckooâs Secret (1922), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Certificate E, Fathoms Deep Beneath the Sea (1922), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Certificate E, Skilled Insect Artisans (1922), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Certificate E, The White Owl (1922), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Certificate E, Busy Bees (1926), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Certificate E, Floral Co-operative Societies (1927), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Certificate E, The Plants of the Pantry (1927), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Certificate E, The Aphis (1930), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Certificate E, Peas and Cues (1930), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Certificate E, Scarlet Runner & Co. (1930), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Certificate E, The Strangler (1930), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Certificate E, The Bittern (1931), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Certificate E, Magic Myxies (1931), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Certificate E, The World in a Wine-glass (1931), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Certificate E, The Nightingale (1932), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Certificate E, Romance in a Pond (1932), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Certificate E, Brewsterâs Magic (1933), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Certificate E, and Gathering Moss (1933), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Certificate E.
British Film Institute, BFIVD861, UPC 5-035673-008614.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 2 PAL DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; 36-page insert booklet; standard DVD keepcase; £16.99.
Release date: 19 July 2010.
Country of origin: England
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