From the sun, to green plant, to chloroplasts to grana, this film focuses on the basic life-sustaining process of photosynthesis. The approach is experimental: paper, chromatography, variable lights, spectrophotometric analysis and re-creation of the experiments of Theodore Engelmann, and Melvin Calvin illustrate the physics and chemistry of the photosynthetic process.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
008349
Language
English
Subject categories
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Photosynthesis
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Plants
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biochemistry
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)