Tiny water animals

A study of the amoeba and the paramecia, using time-lapse photography to show the reproductive processes of the amoeba, which is also compared for size with the white corpuscles of the human blood.

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Credits

production company

ERPI Classroom Films

Duration

00:09:51:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1931

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

010977

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Time lapse cinematography

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Life (Biology)

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Biology - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Blood

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Reproduction

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biology - Study and teaching

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Life (Biology)

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Reproduction

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1931

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