Amoeba

This one-celled organism has been photographed as a solid object and not, as diagrammatic represent- ations suggest, a flat object in one plane. The production of pseudopods is shown - the amoeba pursuing and capturing its prey and ingesting living organisms

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Credits

production company

Gaumont-British Instructional

Duration

00:09:00:00

Production places

Unknown

Production dates

1950

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

000338

Language

English

Subject categories

Animals & Wildlife → Microbiology

Documentary

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Microbiology

Short films

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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Unknown, 1950

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