The sweetpea is used as an example of the growth of plants and the film presents the complete life history from sprouting seed to the dispersal of the ripened seeds in the mature plant.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
008461
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Seeds - Dispersal
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Botany
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Growth (Plants)
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Life cycles (Biology)
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Plant physiology
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Plant population
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Plants
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Plants - Adaptation
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Plants - Reproduction
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Seeds - Dispersal
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)