The Cheese Mites

United Kingdom, 1903

Film
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A gentleman is here shown partaking of a little lunch of bread and cheese, and occasionally is seen to glance at his morning paper through a reading glass. He suddenly notices that the cheese is a little out of the ordinary, and examines it with his glass. To his horror, he finds it to be alive with mites, and, in disgust, leaves the table. Hundreds of mites resembling crabs are seen scurrying in all directions. A wonderful picture and a subject hitherto unthought of in animated photography. Notable for being the first science film made for the general public.(IMDB)

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Credits

director

F. Martin Duncan

production company

Charles Urban Trading Company

Micro Bioscope

Duration

02:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1903

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-214278

Language

English

Subject categories

Comedy

Documentary

TMDB-Movie

214278

Wikidata

Q7722292

Collected

46 times

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